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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed stories: 47 news summaries

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OPINION

 Bush AG: 
 Court Terror 
 Trials Too 
 Dangerous 

Challenges to security, secrecy would be 'overwhelming'

Oct 19, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Guantanamo detainees in federal courts—and that's a major mistake, says Michael Mukasey. Terrorism trials pose "overwhelming" security challenges, and classified information would have to be revealed, warns George Bush's relatively moderate third attorney general... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Michael Mukasey • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • attorney general • 9/11 attacks • Guantanamo tribunals

Gitmo Defendants Given
My Lai Massacre Film

Trials of 9/11 accused delayed for another 60 days

Sep 22, 09 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of planning the 9/11 attacks asked for and were given copies of a film about the My Lai massacre, Reuters reports. The Guantanamo war crimes court was told during a hearing yesterday that Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley, a 1975 courtroom drama about... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • My Lai Massacre • 9/11 attacks • William Calley

 New Photo of 
 9/11 Mastermind 
 Used to Spur Jihad 

Red Cross photo of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed hits net

Sep 10, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed released new photos of the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and they've been showing up on sites used by al-Qaeda sympathizers to recruit terrorists. The images, taken by the Red Cross as part of its monitoring of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, are the... More »

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terrorism • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terrorist • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - After being waterboarded 183 times and deprived of sleep for a week, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Kalid Sheikh Mohammed transformed from an avowed enemy of the US into a sort of CIA guest lecturer, the Washington Post reports. Two anonymous sources, looking to build the case that harsh interrogation worked,... More »

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CIA • torture • secret prisons • September 11 • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • waterboarding • al-Qaeda • enhanced interrogation techniques • Central Intelligence Agency • KSM

(Newser) - Dick Cheney has long insisted that two CIA documents from 2004 and 2005 would prove the value of torture. But after obtaining them yesterday, the Washington Independent says they do nothing of the kind. The documents actually suggest, albeit murkily, that non-abusive techniques were more effective. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • waterboarding • enhanced interrogation techniques

(AP) - A newly declassified CIA report says interrogators threatened to kill the children of a Sept. 11 suspect. The document, released today by the Justice Department, says one interrogator said a colleague had told Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that if any other attacks happened in the United States, "We're going to... More »

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CIA • terrorism • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • threats • detainee • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • interrogation

Prosecutors Compete
for 9/11 Case

Va., NY vie for high-profile trial of alleged mastermind

Aug 4, 09 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors in New York and Virginia are fighting for the chance to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-conspirators on trial, the Washington Post reports. Justice Department sources say offices in Alexandria and Manhattan have been lobbying hard to prosecute the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, both stressing their... More »

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US attorney • trial • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • terror suspects • Eric Holder • 9/11 attacks • federal prosecution

(Newser) - While relatives of the victims waited in the courtroom, the five Guantanamo inmates accused of conspiring in the 9/11 attacks boycotted a pretrial hearing this morning, the Miami Herald reports. The proceeding was intended to determine whether the defendants who aren't representing themselves are competent to stand trial. Alleged mastermind... More »

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terrorism • trial • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • 9/11 attacks • pretrial hearing

 Gitmo Prisoners: 
 We Lied to CIA 
 to Stop Torture 

Khalid Mohammed 'made up stories' on bin Laden's whereabouts after torture

Jun 16, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guantanamo prisoners fabricated information to give CIA interrogators after being physically and mentally abused, they told a 2007 military tribunal in transcripts released yesterday under the Freedom of Information act. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and one of the prisoners who was repeatedly waterboarded, said he... More »

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War on Terror • CIA • ACLU • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • interrogation techniques • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation

 Bush:  
 Interrogations Were Legal 

Former president says CIA program was legal, saved lives

May 29, 09 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush didn't mention Dick Cheney by name, but he backed his assertions that the CIA's harsh interrogations were legal and saved lives, CNN reports. After terror suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in 2003, for example, Bush said he checked with "the lawyers" to determine how to... More »

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CIA • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • harsh interrogation • George W. Bush

(AP) - In the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, alleged al-Qaeda operations mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed intended to use his free Hotmail account to direct a US-based operative to carry out an attack, according to a guilty plea agreement filed by Al Saleh Kahlah al-Marri in federal court. The document... More »

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Internet • September 11 • software • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri • Hotmail

ANALYSIS

Waterboarding Isn't Easier 2nd Time, or 183rd

Turns out the body never gets used to simulated drowning

Apr 24, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like many other forms of torture, waterboarding doesn’t get any easier with repeated exposure. After multiple sessions of the simulated drowning technique, accused al-Qaeda plotters Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah would at best have been able to slightly modify their response, explains Brian Palmer in Slate. The experience... More »

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CIA • torture • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • intestines • waterboarding • Abu Zubaydah • detainees • torture memo

(Newser) - President Obama says the harsh interrogation methods used by the CIA both compromised American values and provided unreliable information. “Those are a convenient pair of opinions,” notes Scott Shane of the New York Times. But it's not going to be that easy for the new administration to... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • CIA • torture • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Abu Zubaydah • harsh interrogation

 CIA Waterboarded Gitmo 
 Detainee 183 Times in a Month 

That's twice CIA's max, challenges efficacy

Apr 19, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Department of Justice memo that detailed interrogation techniques used on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay notes that in August 2002, suspected al-Qaeda official Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 82 times, while the following March, 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times. But as the blog Emptywheel points out, there's... More »

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CIA • torture • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • waterboarding • Abu Zubaydah • memo

 Red Cross: 
 Med Workers 
 Complicit in 
 Gitmo Torture 

Professionals told CIA interrogators to stop, go

Apr 7, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Red Cross is accusing medical personnel of deep involvement in CIA torture at Guantanamo, calling it “a gross breach of medical ethics,” the New York Times reports. Medical professionals monitored procedures such as waterboarding, telling interrogators to “continue, to adjust, or stop particular methods,” finds... More »

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torture • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • International Committee of the Red Cross • Guantanamo prisoners • waterboarding • medical ethics

Gitmo Prisoners 'Proud' to Have Planned 9/11

Court filing describes attacks as holy offering

Mar 10, 09 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five Guantanamo prisoners have taken full responsibility for planning 9/11 and say they're proud of the attacks, the New York Times reports. A document filed with a military commission by the five men, which may be made public today, describes the attacks as a model of Islamic action and the... More »

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September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • Ramzi Binalshibh

ANALYSIS

 Closing Gitmo Will Be Tough 

Detainees should be tried or released, but dangerous ones worry Obama, lawyers

Jan 22, 09 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s pledge to close Guantanamo Bay has been widely hailed, but it’s not going to be easy, the Christian Science Monitor reports. There’s broad agreement that many detainees can be tried in federal or military courts, while others can be released. But some are deemed too... More »

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Barack Obama • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • 9/11 attacks • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Two suspected Sept. 11 planners calmly declared their guilt today at what could be the final military tribunal session at Guantanamo Bay, the Miami Herald reports. "We are proud of 9/11," said Ramzi bin al Shibh, who announced his plan to plead guilty, the AP reports. Another... More »

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death penalty • military tribunal • US military • trial • September 11 • Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • hearings • President Obama • Camp Justice

 Evidence Mess Threatens 
 Gitmo Cases: Ex-Prosecutor 

Evidence 'lost, disorganized'

Jan 14, 09 4:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The handling of evidence in Guantanamo Bay cases is so chaotic it may be impossible to properly convict a single prisoner, charges a former military prosecutor. Former Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld is supporting a federal court petition to free one detainee, Mohammed Jawad, who has been held without trial for... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Guantanamo prisoners • Omar Khadr • Office of Military Commissions • Darrel Vandeveld • Mohammed Jawad • prosecutions

 Bush's Top 10 Successes 

From rejecting the Kyoto Protocol to the surge

Jan 13, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget what you’ve heard about W’s presidency, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. His decisive courage gave his term many successes:
  • Rejecting the Kyoto Protocol: The treaty was broken—it exempted India and China from carbon emissions responsibility—but only Bush had the courage to say
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Iraq • War on Terror • Israel • US military • prescription drugs • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • George W. Bush

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