New judge presiding over 9/11 mastermind's hearings says he feels 'zero pressure' to conclude case

The latest – and seventh – judge presiding over the Sept. 11, 2001 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba said he feels "zero pressure" to conclude the case nearly 20 years after the terror attacks took place.

The hearings, which resumed Wednesday, are the latest attempt to advance a case that has been bogged down for years amid legal challenges.  Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew McCall, the latest judge on the case, said Wednesday in the courtroom that the death penalty is a "valid option" for the five accused 9/11 planners and said he "can be impartial" and "pretty open-minded." McCall said Wednesday morning while taking questions from detainee's lawyers that he is under "zero pressure to get this case done" and "rush" a trial that has not been scheduled yet as the families of 9/11 victims await a verdict for those involved in planning the attacks that killed their loved ones in 2001.