Victims’ relatives leave memory stones and messages at a site that is walking distance from the court where the four men accused of conspiring in the plot have yet to be tried.
The question of Ramzi bin al-Shibh’s sanity has shadowed the case since he first appeared at the Guantánamo court in 2008. A new medical panel report says he has a mental illness making him incompetent for trial.
The mission has relied on short-term fixes for things like housing and medical care for two decades. With 36 detainees left, the prison will soon receive its 21st commander.