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...
U.S president Barack Obama on monday gave a preview of a summit he will hold with African leaders next week,saying African nations should look inward for solutions to economic woes and not make excuses based on a history of dependence and colonization.Speaking to 500 young African finishing a six week Washington leadership fellowship.Obama said it was important for developed countries to consider providing some targeted debt relief,it was time to end the notion that all of African nations problems resulted from onerous debt imposed by the west.''At some point,we have to stop looking some where else for solutions,and you have to start looking for solutions internally.As powerful as history is,and you need to know that history,at some point,you have to look to the future and say ok,we didn't get a good deal the,but let's make sure that we're not making excuses for not going forward''.
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