After Years of Waiting, These 9/11 Families Are Losing Hope

Pretrial hearings have been on-again, off-again for so long that some family members of the nearly 3,000 victims now question whether justice is attainable.

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New Judge Assigned to 9/11 Case Ahead of 24th Anniversary of Attacks

Lt. Col. Michael Schrama is the fifth judge in the case. He was playing college football during the year of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78

He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.

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Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official.

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Another Dozen Migrants Are Transferred to Guantánamo

About 540 Defense Department employees were staffing the operation, along with 130 homeland security workers.

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No, Not That Lee. Pentagon Finds Black Hero to Rechristen Base Long Named for Robert E.

The Army unveiled a list of seven installations that the Trump administration is reverting, sort of, to earlier names venerating Confederate heroes.

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Trump’s Ambition Collides With Law on Sending Migrants to Dangerous Countries

Previous administrations usually considered whether a transfer would endanger the migrant or create risks for the United States and its allies.

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Fourth Military Judge in Sept. 11 Case Retires

It is not clear whether the chief judge now handling the case at Guantánamo Bay is serving as a caretaker or will hold hearings this summer.

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Trial in Bombing of U.S.S. Cole Is Postponed Until June 2026

The trial had been set to begin on Oct. 6, days before the 25th anniversary of the attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors on the destroyer Cole.

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Torture and Secret C.I.A. Prisons Haunt 9/11 Case in Judge’s Ruling

Prosecutors have said they will appeal the decision, although they lost a similar appeal this year.

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