MILITARY JUDGE SUPPRESSES KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED’S FBI CONFESSION IN 9/11 CASE. (PHOTO).
Military judge suppresses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession in 9/11 case A military judge has excluded a confession that alleged Sept. 11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave to FBI agents nearly 20 years ago, ruling that the statements were not made voluntarily. The decision is a setback for the U.S. government's long-running effort to prosecute Mohammed, who is accused of helping develop the plot to hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Mohammed remains detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alongside other defendants awaiting trial. Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, the judge overseeing the case, scheduled a June 2028 trial for Mohammed and three other defendants earlier this week. In an order issued Friday that has not been made public, Schrama barred prosecutors from using statements Mohammed made during four days of FBI questioning at Guantanamo in January 2007. Mohammed had previously been captured and held by the CIA, where he was subjec...
According to sources,Nelson Mandela's widow was moved to say something,and in between broke the customary mourning period to call on the Nigerian government and international community to move to find the 234 school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram.Graca Machel Mandela says ''The Nigerian government has a responsibility to protect it's citizens,and keep them safe.If the world can mobilise all the means possible to search for a plane carrying 239 passengers,certainly it can also mobilise the means to find our girls.They deserve nothing less.I decided to break the restrictions of my mourning because silence is not an option.I know however,that Madiba will understand and approve''.The mourning was to be for one year but was reduce to six months for her. 
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