Military Judge Excludes Part of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 9/11 Confession From Evidence
The ruling removes prosecutors’ key evidence after the judge found Mohammed’s FBI statements were coerced by prior CIA interrogation and rights violations.
- 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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Los Angeles (USA), Aug 29 (EFE).- A military judge dismissed a confession made by the alleged brain of the September 11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents nearly 20 years ago, considering that they were not made voluntarily, according to U.S. media. The judge of the case, Lieutenant Colonel [...] The entry Judge dismisses confession of suspected 9/11 brains as not being voluntary was first published in HolaNews.
An American military court has ruled out a key confession by the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks
An American military court has ruled out a key confession by the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks.A military judge declared inadmissible the testimony of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of organizing the terrorist attacks of...
A US military judge has overturned the confession of the main defendant in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks after finding that it was not voluntary.
The ruling questions how the statements were obtained and further complicates the process in Guantánamo
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