00:02We're coming up on a quarter century after the 9-11 attacks and the man accused of masterminding
00:08them now has a trial date. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is set to go to trial June 2028 along with three
00:14other men accused of conspiring in the attacks. Mohammed is accused of orchestrating the plot
00:20to hijack four commercial planes on September 11th, 2001. Two were flown into the World Trade
00:26Center. Another hit the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers and
00:31crew fought back against the hijackers. Mohammed has been held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo
00:37Bay in Cuba since 2006. So why has it taken this long to get to trial? Well the case has
00:44been tied
00:44up for years in legal fights including over whether statements that defendants made after being tortured
00:50in CIA custody can be used against them. There have also been years of disputes over plea deals,
00:56the death penalty, and other pre-trial issues. A previous trial date in 2021 came and went.
01:03Prosecutors wanted this one to begin in January 2027. The judge has now set it for June 2028
01:11giving both sides more time to resolve the issues still before the court.
