United KingdomA U.S. military judge has ruled that confessions made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, to FBI agents are inadmissible in his trial. This decision comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths. Prosecutors previously excluded statements made by Mohammed during his detention by the CIA, where he was subjected to harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. The judge, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schrama, determined that the coercive methods used by the CIA continued into Mohammed's interrogations at Guantanamo Bay in 2007 and that FBI agents failed to inform him of his rights to remain silent and to consult a lawyer.
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