Judge Throws Out KSM's 9/11 Confession as Torture-Tainted

The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people; this case involves alleged perpetrators detained for over two decades.

More than two decades after nearly 3,000 people perished in the September 11 attacks, a military judge has ruled that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's confession — long considered the prosecution's most powerful instrument — cannot be admitted as evidence, having been obtained through torture. The decision does not end the case, but it deepens the shadow that has always fallen over it: that the methods used to pursue justice may have compromised justice itself. A trial date has been set for four accused men, and the question now before history is whether accountability can still be achieved when the p

Judge Throws Out KSM's 9/11 Confession as Torture-Tainted

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