One-time supporter of Guantánamo's military court now says it was 'doomed'
Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson speaks with Sacha Pfeiffer about his change-of-heart on Guantánamo and his belief that the 9/11 case should be settled rather than taken to trial.
In a major reversal, a former top Bush administration official who once supported the government's decision to prosecute terrorism suspects at the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is now calling that effort "doomed from the start" and urging President Biden to settle the 9/11 case rather than pursue a death-penalty trial.
During an interview with NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer, former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson said Guantánamo's war court is "clearly not working" and that brokering plea agreements with the 9/11 defendants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is "the only
