first time in three years only yesterday the confessed mastermind of the nine eleven attacks khalid shaikh mohammad and his four accomplices refused to also question so and to a plea during the seven hour hearing that charged with almost three thousand clouds counts of murder and could be sentenced to death the trial is being held by a military tribunal at guantanamo after an attempt to try the men in the glass failed three years ago because of a public backlash and american or eric montalvo believes the timing and planning of the trial is questionable. one has to wonder why now you know within twenty four hours of president obama taking office issued an executive order to close guantanamo bay as the most powerful leader in the world and that did not occur for what reason i have no idea how us or three years later on that you've got another election i think what they're trying to do is take that issue off the table and say well we're at least trying to proceed in an orderly fashion but i think it's a fairly thin veil and people will be able to see through it does a tremendous injustice to the memor

saturday as the defendants remained resident be silent at a military tribunal in guantanamo bay khalid shaikh mohammad repeatedly refused to answer the judge's questions while his co-defendants and knelt in prayer the five men have been charged with almost three thousand counts of murder for the two thousand and one attacks and could face the death penalty however this was their for his hearing in almost three years american lawyer eric in one tulfo believes the timing of a military tribunal it's politically motivated. within twenty four hours of president obama taking office issued an executive order to close guantanamo bay as the most powerful leader in the world and that did not occur for what reason i have no idea three years later on the eve of another election i think what they're trying to do is take that issue off the table and say well we're at least trying to proceed in an orderly fashion but i think it's a fairly thin veil and people will be able to see through it does a tremendous injustice to the memory of those victims are not a liberal and i think it does a tremendous justice to that sa

on saturday on charges that could see him and his four accomplices face the death penalty khalid shaikh mohammad is one of five men charged with planning the atrocities in which almost three thousand people were killed during the thirteen hour hearing of the accused refused to answer questions or enter a plea all while some relatives of nine eleven victims watched on it's the second time the u.s. has tried to prosecute the man after an attempt to try them in america failed three years ago because of a public backlash american more eric montoya believes the timing and planning of the trial is questionable. as to wonder why now you know within twenty four hours of president obama taking. office issued an executive order to close guantanamo bay as the most powerful leader in the world and that did not occur for what reason i have no idea three years later on the eve of another election i think what they're trying to do is take that issue off the table and say well we're at least trying to proceed in an orderly fashion but i think it's a fairly thin veil and people will be able to see through it doe

. >> sean: you saw the water boarding of the two and you said mohammad in particular was a very evil cold individual. >> khalid shaikh mohammed was an evil cold murderer. he is the person who cut the throat of a dan pearl on tape. he was just pure evil. he was looking for different ways of coming after us. we was the guy who back in 1995 came up with the bejinka plot. he today up in 9/11. he was the toughest. >> sean: one last question. if we abandon these policies are americans less safe now? >> these tools saved us, saved lives. i am convinced that it saved lives and allowed us to stop plots against us. it allowed us to go after all these terrorists. we don't capture anybody anymore. so we don't get intelligence anymore. >> sean: mistake? >> it's a mistake. even if we captured, we no longer of have the discretion that we used to. now, we are bound by the army field manual which restricts any of this. >> sean: well, thank you for what you did for the country's safety. you will have your critics forever but i believe you, you kept the country safe. >> thank you very much. >> sean: i really enjoyed it. >> occupiers ar

khalid shaikh mohammed and four other defendants trial could continue on for years. it is the beginning of a long process before trial gets underway at guantanamo bay. yesterday mohammad and the other defendants are fused to use the court's translation system delaying the proceedings. the trial is supposed to start in play but both sides admit it is unlikely to happen. >>> a day ruled by clouds and cooler temperatures. how long will it last? meteorologist check bell has the answer for us. >> good afternoon. plenty of cloud cover around the area for today. we could describe it as sunshine challenged. no doubt about that. the rain drops have stayed away for the most part. temperatures snuck up just over the 70 degree mark for much of the afternoon. 71 washington. 68 montgomery county. 70 fairfax. 70 prince georges county, as well and storm four radar shows one or two lonesome drops in the southern end of the shenandoah valley. can't rule out a stray drop or two but most of us will be dry in to the tuesday wednesday time frame. we will talk about that coming up. >>> next on news 4 at 6:00 tonight, a u.s. soldier collapses while skyping with his wife. what she saw in the