Delays are the inevitable result of an irreconcilable conflict: US government’s desire to convict and execute the men and the fact that defendants are also victims of CIA torture
Pretrial hearing in case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, four others put on hold after infection of reporter; another person who was in courtroom also suspected of being infected
But court says Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted of planning abduction and beheading of Jewish journalist, should remain in jail staff's quarters during appeal process
New York Times reports alleged plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, four others to go on trial in 2021, almost two decades after the Al-Qaeda attack; will face death penalty
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