Accused Mastermind, Other Guantanamo Detainees to Plead Guilty to 9/11 Attacks

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects in the 9/11 attacks have agreed to plead guilty in "full". While it's unclear whether they'll admit to specific charges, the defendants "request[ed] an immediate hearing session to announce our confessions," according to a letter read in the Guantanamo Bay court. The NY Times reports, "The request appeared to be intended to cut short any effort to try them, and to challenge the United States government to put them to death" (but the judge isn't accepting formal pleas immediately). Mohammed, who allegedly confessed that he planned the attacks, also took time to tell the judge, "I don't trust you" and "We don’t want to waste our time with motions. All of you are paid by the U.S. government. I’m not trusting any American.” Photo of the Tribute in Light: seth holladay on Flickr

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By Jen Chung in News on December 8, 2008 11:34 AM

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Shinobi Shaw

And yet still....no Osama...

I guess they have *special* plans for our favorite government boogeyman.

longacre

I say we send an FDNY fireboat down there to pick them up, and by pick them up I mean tow them back up the Atlantic coast by their ankles with a long rope.

soopaman

put them in a prison with the general population they will be rapped, beaten, and dead all for free!

CubanB

"the judge isn't accepting formal please immediately"

I think that should read 'pleas'

I can't wait until these pieces of garbage or off the same life plane as us.

virgil

He doesn't trust us? That's rich. Ask him about Daniel Pearl, and then ask him to define trust.

Dirk

"We don’t want to waste our time with motions. All of you are paid by the U.S. government. I’m not trusting any American.”

Perfect. Let's put them to death and be done with it.