Transcript: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confesses 9/11 role

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, admitted to those attacks and numerous others during a U.S. military hearing on Saturday, according to an edited transcript of the hearing released by the Pentagon Wednesday.

In a statement from him, read by a U.S. military representative, he said, "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z."


Confessing to it all ,eh ? After what , only 6 years of imprisonment and , how did they call it , not torture , but ... stress positions and strong questioning. Yes, thats it. Strong Questioning.


The 14 detainees (of which Khalid is one) have been given military advisers but they are offering no legal assistance. Detainees are also given only an unclassified summary of the evidence against them but are allowed to have witnesses called in from out of the country to testify in their favor.


How nice. Someone to babysit you. Doesn't give you legal advice though. What does he do ? Not much, it seems.


The ultimate farce of this farcical trial is surprisingly simple.
These people were caught with a gun in their hands shooting at western soldiers when they were picked up and put in this camp. They openly don't like us westerners (they were shooting at us , trying to kill us) and are pretty much our enemies for ever and not much is going to change that.

That being said, do you think this guy did it ?

6 years of torture. Anyone would agree to anything after that. That you're starting with someone who hates us and would love to have done it only makes it easier to extract such a false confession from him.

These guys hate us and I really don't care that they're being tortured. Too bad you picked the wrong side better you dead than me.

but I can't help but notice torture is such a lousy way to collect information. Too many false confessions, too much "Stop the pain I'll confess I'll say anything anything at all !!!!!"

I don't believe a word this guy says.

Kudo's for torturing him though. He deserves it. They're gonna cut the heads off our soldiers ? Turn about is fair play.