Judge axes Khalid Sheikh Mohammeds confession in long-delayed 9/11 terror case in major blow to feds

A military judge on Friday threw out a key confession made by the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks — in a major blow to the feds that could derail the already long-delayed case.Head plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 2007 statements made to investigators were not voluntarily given, trial judge Lt.Col.

Michael Schrama wrote in a bombshell ruling.The US military did not make the decision public — citing a “security review” — but sources familiar with its contents said the judge axed Mohammed’s confessions from the case in the ruling.It comes just days after Schrama set Mohammed’s trial for June 2028 — with the 25th anniversary of the world-altering Sept.11, 2001 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, looming in two weeks.The head military prosecutor overseeing the case, Rear Adm.

Aaron C.Rugh, told The New York Times Friday that he would review the ruling and “make a decision on whether to appeal in the near future.”An appeal could threaten to delay the long-simmering case yet again, as families of the victims fear that Mohammed could die behind bars before being found guilty in a court of law.This is a developing story.

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