On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States was shaken.

An apparent terrorist attack, an aircraft crashed near the Pentagon, just outside of Washington, D.C. in northern Virginia, about an hour after those attacks in New York.

That night, in a primetime Oval Office address, then President George W. Bush promised retaliation.

The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full

resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible

and to bring them to justice. By 2006, the top suspects were in U.S. custody, and one place became synonymous with America's

quest for justice.

So I'm announcing today that Kaleake Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Zabeda, Ramsey bin al-Shib,

and 11 other terrorists in CIA custody had been transferred to the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo

Bay. Over the years, nearly 800 suspected terrorists have been held at Guantanamo. Most were

released without being criminally charged. Now only 15 prisoners remain, including five men

accused of helping orchestrate the 9-11 attacks. Among them is the

alleged ringleader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The U.S. government wants to try them and put them to death.

But decades later, there's still been no trial. The fact of torture is at the heart of what's delaying these trials. That's Terry

Rockefeller, whose only sibling, her younger sister Laura, died in the 9-11 attacks. For the people

who think the tortures in the past, they don't realize that it's coming up over and over and

over again. They don't realize how alive the issue remains.

She's referring to the fact that the 9-11 defendants were tortured in secret overseas CIA

prisons called Black Sites. That's created huge legal problems and fights over access to classified

material. So for Rockefeller, trying to take the 9-11 case to trial feels like

an exercise in futility.

This is pushing the boulder up the hill. Just getting so close and then having to take

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