a trial dade. khalid shake mohammed and four others are scheduled to go on trial in 2021. mohammed is being held at guantanamo bay. he and his alleged co-conspirators are facing 2,976 counts of murder, one for each person killed on september 11th, and the possibility of the death penalty. they were officially charged in 2008, but the trial has faced more than a decade of delays. here with more, josh gerstein, senior affairs editor for politico. josh, this has been a long time coming, which is an understatement. first take us through why it took so long to get to the point where only now is a trial being scheduled. it kind of lingered through a couple of administrations. the bush administration was initially not really interested in having trials for these individuals. it was more interested in
little bit fanciful at this point. any idea, if they did go forward with it, what it would even look like? well, it would be done, we ve had these military commissions, not many of them, a few down there, it would be at guantanamo bay, we believe, it would be a military jury, a jury of military personnel and a military judge. there wouldn t be tv coverage, although people that wanted to see it in the u.s. could go see a closed circuit feed i think at ft. mead in maryland. there would be viewings for victims of the 9/11 attacks and families of the deceased. some of them do go down regularly for hearings at guantanamo, so that could be the focal point of a trial. but it could go on for months and months. quickly, i want to go to one legal issue you ve been following, that is the pending sentencing for michael flynn, developments there today, prosecutors indicating they re ready to move forward with sentencing and flynn s legal
little bit fanciful at this point. any idea, if they did go forward with it, what it would even look like? well, it would be done, we ve had these military commissions, not many of them, a few down there, it would be at guantanamo bay, we believe, it would be a military jury, a jury of military personnel and a military judge. there wouldn t be tv coverage, although people that wanted to see it in the u.s. could go see a closed circuit feed i think at ft. mead in maryland. there would be viewings for victims of the 9/11 attacks and families of the deceased. some of them do go down regularly for hearings at guantanamo, so that could be the focal point of a trial. but it could go on for months and months. quickly, i want to go to one legal issue you ve been following, that is the pending sentencing for michael flynn, developments there today, prosecutors indicating they re ready to move forward with sentencing and flynn s legal
believed to have led the planning of the 9/11 attacks has a trial dade. khalid shake mohammed and four others are scheduled to go on trial in 2021. january 11. mohammed is being held at guantanamo bay. he and his alleged co-conspirators are facing 2,976 counts of murder, one for each person killed on september 11th, and the possibility of the death penalty. they were officially charged in 2008, but the trial has faced more than a decade of delays. here with more, josh gerstein, senior affairs editor for politico. josh, this has been a long time coming, which is an understatement. first take us through why it took so long to get to the point where only now is a trial being scheduled. it kind of lingered through a couple of administrations. the bush administration was initially not really interested in having trials for these individuals. it was more interested in