{"id":85945,"date":"2026-08-29T08:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85945"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T12:45:50","slug":"judge-axes-khalid-sheikh-mohammeds-confession-in-long-delayed-9-11-terror-case-in-major-blow-to-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/judge-axes-khalid-sheikh-mohammeds-confession-in-long-delayed-9-11-terror-case-in-major-blow-to-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Axes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed\u2019s Confession In Long-Delayed 9\/11 Terror Case\u2014 In Major Blow To Feds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post (tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A military judge on Friday threw out a key confession made by the self-proclaimed<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/12\/us-news\/court-throws-out-plea-deal-for-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-two-other-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0mastermind of the 9\/11 attacks<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 in a major blow to the feds that could derail the already long-delayed case.<\/p>\n<p>Head plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed\u2019s 2007 statements made to FBI investigators were not voluntarily given, trial judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama wrote in a bombshell ruling.\u00a0The US military did not make the decision public \u2014 citing a \u201csecurity review\u201d \u2014 but sources familiar with its contents said the judge axed Mohammed\u2019s confessions from the case in the ruling, saying the admitted terrorist was subject to \u201csevere coercion\u201d from FBI agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post (tabloid): A military judge on Friday threw out a key confession made by the self-proclaimed\u00a0mastermind of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85946,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85945\/revisions\/85946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}