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Military Judge Excludes Part of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 9/11 Confession From Evidence
The ruling removes prosecutors’ key evidence and could delay the death-penalty case further if they appeal, officials said.
- Military judge Michael Schrama ruled Friday that 2007 FBI confessions from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed are inadmissible, dealing a major setback to the government's death-penalty case regarding the Sept. 11 attacks.
- Schrama cited an "unbroken continuation" of CIA psychological conditioning and coercion at the time of the 2007 questioning, finding FBI agents intentionally failed to inform Mohammed of his rights to remain silent and consult counsel.
- Prosecutors had described these interrogations at Guantanamo Bay as the case's most crucial evidence, but the judge wrote that "the prosecution has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Mohammad's statements to the F.B.I. were voluntarily given."
- The development arrives just over two weeks before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, potentially delaying the trial already scheduled for June 5, 2028, and heightening victims' family concerns.
- Legal and procedural setbacks have defined the case since 2001, with pretrial hearings ongoing since the 2012 arraignment, as Schrama has not yet ruled on confessions from co-defendants Walid and Mustafa.
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AlKhaleej TodayUS military judge throws out FBI confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden’s aide
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 — A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be...
·Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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Judge Throws Out 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Confession Days Before 25th Anniversary of September 11 Terror Attacks * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila
A judge threw out a key confession made by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohmmed just two weeks before the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.
·St. Louis, United States
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A US military judge has ruled that confessions made to FBI officials by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, cannot be used against him in a trial, The New York Times reports.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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avisendanmark.dkThe defendant in the 9/11 case was waterboarded 183 times in 2003. Now his confessions cannot be used.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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