Guantanamo military prosecutor retires as 9/11 trial remains elusive
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In this Oct. 23, 2015 photo, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, the chief prosecutor at the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, speaks during a break in pretrial proceedings for the five men charged with planning and aiding the Sept. 11 attack. (Ben Fox/AP)
WASHINGTON — The Army general who spent the past decade leading an oft-stalled effort to prosecute five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is retiring from the military, leaving his post as chief prosecutor as a trial remains elusive.