New Judges Take Charge of Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo NYT | Top Stories Carol Rosenberg 19 December 2025 at 08:58 The long-running case had been on hold for nearly a year because of higher court appeals and the retirement of the military judge. © United States Air ForceLt. Col. Michael Schrama was a student at Georgetown University on Sept. 11, 2001. He is now the fifth judge to preside in the military commission case of defendants in the terrorism attacks.