Military Judge Excludes Part of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 9/11 Confession From Evidence
The judge said the FBI statements were involuntary and barred them from trial, removing prosecutors’ most important evidence in the death-penalty case.
- 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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The decision came just before the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
Judge throws out confession by alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad
The ruling marks a blow to the federal government's long-delayed effort to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of developing the plot to crash planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center.
A military court has declared the confessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed invalid. Various American media outlets, including The New York Times, are reporting on this. Sheikh Mohammed is alleged to have been the "mastermind" behind the attacks of September 11, 2001, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed.
A military court in the United States has dismissed the confessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged ‘mastermind’ behind the attacks of...
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A military court in the United States has invalidated the confessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged ‘mastermind’ behind the attacks of September 11, 2001. American media report this.
US judge throws out confessions of alleged 9/11 mastermind: report
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 used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.The ruling comes just before the 25th
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