9 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 10
Judge Col. Matthew Fitzgerald postponed the Guantánamo Bay military case last month, weeks before its scheduled 1 June start, saying the delay would last months, not weeks.
Abd-al Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi prisoner accused of orchestrating the 2000 Yemen attack, faces charges over a bombing that killed 17 US sailors and wounded dozens.
The case, long complicated by the CIA's use of torture, has seen about 10 trial dates abandoned since Nashiri's 2011 arraignment and had been set to become Guantánamo's first death-penalty trial.
With torture evidence barred, what path to conviction remains in the 25-year-old USS Cole bombing case?
How does Guantánamo's new role as a migrant detention center impact the long-stalled war on terror trials?
Will the legacy of CIA 'black sites' ultimately make it impossible to prosecute key 9/11-era terror suspects?