The military commission this week was to focus on the alleged FBI infiltration of one of the defense teams. But just before the proceedings were to start, a Department of Justice official asked for more time because he was apparently not prepared to argue the motion.
The proceedings were further set back by protests from some of the defendants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, that they were being touched by female guards during cell extraction. The defendants argue that this is against their religion.
A year ago Gen. Mark Martins, the government prosecutor in the case, predicted that the trial would begin in Jan. 2015. Just a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.
“We don’t have a date, and I’m not prepared to speculate,” Martins said. “Due process is not purely measured by time… following the law is a form of progress, and that’s what we’re doing, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do until the trial has reached its conclusion.”
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