A Trial Date Set for September 11 Planners But No Justice in Sight
As reported in the New York Times, the judge overseeing the military tribunal of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the four other suspects believed to have designed and organized the September 11 attacks has set a trial date of January 2021. Although there have been numerous court hearings for these five suspects since they arrived at Guantanamo, there have also been numerous delays, and this ruling marks the first time that an actual date has been set for the trial to begin.
Iran, Al Qaeda and the Legacy of September 11
The Trump administration may well be contemplating military action against Iran. Not only has it named Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard a foreign terrorist group – the first such designation under the aegis of a nation-state – but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested in recent Senate testimony that he has “no doubt there is a connection” between Iran and Al Qaeda.
The Evolution of Military Justice Continues
Those who are interested in national security law and military justice should take note that the most significant changes to the U.S. military justice system in almost 70 years will soon go into effect. We have not seen change on this scale since the adoption of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in 1951. The amendments that go into effect on January 1, 2019, are significant in both depth and breadth and, like the initial reforms in the UCMJ, they reflect a continuing “civilianization” of military justice.
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