Twenty-five years after nearly 3,000 people were killed on Sept.11, families waiting to see the accused plotters brought to justice are confronting another extraordinary possibility: They may still never see a verdict.A military judge has scheduled alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants to go on trial June 5, 2028 — nearly 27 years after the attacks.
But the date remains tentative, and a recent ruling barring prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made to FBI agents has underscored the legal obstacles still threatening the case."It’s like an open sore, and that sore gets even more hurtful when we get to anniversaries," John Ryan, former chief of Department with the Port Authority Police who spent nine months working on the recovery operation at Ground Zero, told Fox News Digital.Ryan is among the victims’ families and first responders who have watched the prosecution drag through years of litigation over evidence obtained after the defendants were subjected to torture in CIA custody, a collapsed plea agreement, repeated changes in military judges and a mountain of unresolved pretrial motions."It’s like an open sore, and that sore gets even more hurtful when we get to anniversaries," John Ryan, former chief of Department with the Port Authority Police who spent nine months working on the recovery operation at Ground Zero, told Fox News Digital.(Fox News Digital)"Here we are 25 years later, and I’m still involved in this aspect of that here because we still have not convicted or taken to justice the five people that are being held at Guantánamo Bay," Ryan, who later became a commander with the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force, said.
"The planners, KSM and the others that are in custody, are awaiting trial."JUDGE THROWS OUT KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S 9/11 CONFESSION IN ALREADY LONG WAIT FOR TRIALMohammed and three other defendants have been held by the U.S.for years without facing trial for their alleged roles in the pl...