Why the 9/11 terror cases still linger after two decades

For a day or two, it appeared that the long saga of America's post-9/11 trials might be over. That moment has passed. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week nixed a plea deal involving terror plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — known as "KSM" — and two of his co-defendants, said . That came after an "immediate and severe backlash" to an agreement that critics said would let the accused terrorists escape the death penalty. Austin overruled and removed the military judge who oversaw the deal. "Responsibility for such a decision should...