The military tribunal case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — the alleged architect of the September 11, 2001 attacks, who has been held at Guantanamo Bay (the U.S. naval detention facility in Cuba) since 2006 — remains deeply uncertain despite a judge setting a provisional trial date of June 2028. A key obstacle is that evidence, including a 2007 confession, has been ruled inadmissible because Mohammed was subjected to torture after his 2003 capture in Pakistan, most notably 183 sessions of waterboarding by the CIA. Legal experts warn the case may never reach a verdict, with a former lead prosecutor predicting no military commission trial will ever be completed, while families of victims say they continue to seek justice but refuse to accept any deal that removes the possibility of the death penalty.