Trial remains elusive for purported mastermind accused of plotting 9/11 attacks
The judge barred a key 2007 confession, and prosecutors chose not to appeal because it could delay the long-running case further.
- A military judge set a June 5, 2028, trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, while barring his 2007 FBI confession as tainted by "enhanced interrogation techniques."
- Captured in Pakistan in 2003, Mohammed faced 183 sessions of waterboarding while in CIA custody, per a Senate report. These practices created complex legal issues stalling proceedings for over two decades.
- David Raskin, a Washington lawyer, called military commissions a "defense lawyer's dream," noting previous plans for a Manhattan civilian trial were abandoned amid security concerns. Raskin predicted a completed trial may never occur.
- Terry Strada, national chair of Families United, continues to seek justice for victims, opposing any plea deal sparing Mohammed from execution. She fears future leaders might trade him for other Americans held prisoner elsewhere.
- Joshua Dratel, an attorney involved in the case, stated the proceedings are "contaminated by politics" and lack accountability on torture. The government declined to appeal the ruling, though the 2028 trial date remains uncertain.
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9/11 Mastermind Beat His Own Confession and Won't Face Trial Until 2028
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed admitted he planned 9/11 and bragged about it for years. A military judge just threw out that very confession last month. Now the trial the world waited 25 years for won't happen until 2028 at the earliest. Biden Handed KSM a Get-Out-of-Jail Card Nobody Noticed Mohammed told FBI agents in 2007 that […]
Twenty-five years ago, nineteen terrorists hijacked four planes with the aim of crashing them on symbolic buildings, including the World Trade Center. If Osama Bin Laden was the sponsor of these attacks, all the operations were mounted by a single man, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed. His trial is expected to take place twenty-seven years after 11 September.
Mastermind of 9/11 still hasn’t faced trial – The Horn News
Two decades after U.S. authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed away at a military detention center in Cuba, the purported mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks sometimes seems barely any closer to being put on trial than the day he arrived. A judge recently set a 2028 date for Mohammed to finally be tried before a military tribunal, but some lawyers predict it will never happen — not that year or any other year. They say the maze of legal issues …
U.S. authorities will lock Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a military detention centre in Cuba, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
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