Military Judge Suppresses 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Confession at Guantanamo Bay
A military judge has ruled to suppress the confession made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11th attacks, to FBI agents nearly two decades ago. The judge, Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, determined that the confession was not given voluntarily. This decision is a significant setback for the federal government's prolonged efforts to prosecute Mohammed, who is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial. The suppressed statements were made during a four-day interrogation by the FBI in January 2007. Prior to this, Mohammed had been held and interrogated by the CIA, where he was subjected to waterboarding and other tactics widely considered torture. These earlier interrogations led his legal team to challenge the admissibility of his subsequent statements to the FBI. The judge found that the CIA's treatment instilled a fear in Mohammed that compelled him to comply with interrogators. Furthermore, he was not issued a Miranda warning, which wo... 
