woman who died in the north tower. she is concerned there will never been a trial. as i left court, the lawyers were getting into an argument over the torture and the cia inflicted upon them here at guantanamo. that will be litigated for weeks and months. a lot of people have different views, as you know, as everyone i speak to, the national security experts believe this is taking way too long. this military commission system is off the rails, craig. yes. to say the least. ken at gitmo. thank you. the horrific events have affected every aspect of american life. some of the biggest impacts had been the security and defense. that includes the creation of the department of homeland security and transportation safety administration that it oversees.
going through these pretrial motions here? reporter: i think absolutely is. we ve had a chance to talk at length to defense counsel here. the prosecution does not talk to the press, unfortunately, but the defense lawyers acknowledge they are incredibly frustrated because they believe, one lawyer referred to as this as a farce. they believe justice is not done. they have a different view of this case obviously than the prosecution but not suggesting their clients are innocent 100% innocent. some of them, many of them have confessed to these horrific crimes. absolutely. the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looming, and here we have a military commission system that just isn t working and the mastermind of the attack is sitting there in that courtroom today surrounded by, there are dozens of people, female lawyers wearing hijab, take breaks for
dramatically affect the administration of justice in this country. number one, the president can pardon people. number two, the president can go down a list of criminal defendants and say, guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. i think that person s guilty, i think that person is super guilty and they definite hi ought to do the maximum sentence. that s the other thing a president can do. because when a president does that, when a president makes public pronouncements like that, he gravely interferes with the ability of the justice system to ever legitimately find that person guilty or sentence them without prejudice. that s true in the normer criminal justice system or in the military justice system, or even in the half baked military commission system in guantanamo. the whole and then you have ensured the trial will not end up that way. the president s remarks about a
because when a president does that, when a president makes public pronouncements like that, he gravely interferes with the ability of the justice system to ever legitimately find that person guilty or sentence them without prejudice. that s true in the normal criminal justice system or in the military justice system, or even in the half-baked military commission system in guantanamo. the president has just to say, i think the trial should end up that way and then the whole and then you have ensured the trial will not end up that way. the president s remarks about a person s guilt or innocence, and the sentence they should receive, those remarks have legal bearing. and so now, because of the president s tweet, whether or not you think it s a good thing or not, because of the president s tweet, the terrorist attack suspect from new york city this week will not ever get the death penalty in this country. because of what president trump said this week publicly about
high-value detainee who is entering the military commission system later this week. and whether you speak to the attorneys or you speak to the people who run the camps here, what they cannot tell you is what will happen to these men if they are convicted and where they will be held if indeed the president holds true to his promise to close down these camps. shannon. all right. catherine, we know you ll be there live for several days reporting. thank you so much. well, majority leader eric cantor says he will vote for david brat, a little-known college professor who defeated him in last week s primary. today cantor gave his first interview since the shocking upset. lawmakers and pundits alike struggled this week to explain the loss. many speculating his views on immigration may have been a factor. as far as immigration is concerned, my position never wavered. i have always taken the position that i m not for comprehensive amnesty bill. i ve always said that we ought to deal with t