For some people watching the pre-trial hearings in the case of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, there was a simple question: Is that man responsible for the death of my loved one?
That was the simple, non-legal question likely on the minds of the four families whose loved ones died on September 11. Brigid Bergin, reporter for WNYC Radio, was there with them.
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