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9/11 Suspects Won't See Trial on Bush Watch

Posted May 6, 08 4:29 PM CDT in US,  World 

(Newser) – Guantanamo Bay inmates likely will not be tried for charges connected to the Sept. 11 attacks while President Bush is still in office, US officials say. The system set up in 2006 for trying charges brought against the prisoners is crawling. "Every little detail ends up being contested, because it's an entirely new system," a Human Rights Watch observer tells the Washington Post.

"Some of the detainees haven't even seen their lawyers yet," she said. The slow going comes despite Defense Department officials' saying they would like to begin trials before the end of the Bush administration. One Pentagon officer has even mentioned the "strategic political value" of holding the trials before the November election.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11, 2001 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in this photo obtained by the Associated Press.   (AP Photo)
Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann announces that the Pentagon has charged six detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks.   (AP Photo/Heesoon Yim)
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