Among the pre-election stunts by George Bush now quietly dumped was his claim that early in 2007, he would begin his executive branch trials of the 9/11 planners, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, having recently moved them to Guantanamo Bay. In fact, yesterday's Wall Street Journal politics blog noted that the would-be overseer of the trials has resigned, no replacement has yet been found, and anyway, none of the 14 "high value detainees" including the suspected 9/11 plotters are slated for trial anytime soon.
UPDATE 18 NOV: There won't even be a building for the trials until July, and that's assuming that Congress approves the money for the structure, which is not guaranteed.
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