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Here’s a look at the life of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the alleged 9/11 co-conspirators.
Date of birth: 1 March 1964 or 14 April 1965 (both used)
Place of birth: Kuwait
Parent: The Father’s Call Is Publicly Available
Mother: The Mother’s Call Is Publicly Available
Marriage: Wife’s name unavailable publicly
Education: Attended Chowan College; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1986
He has masterminded the September 11 attacks.
It is known as KSM.
1996 – Mohammed is charged with seven counts of terrorist conspiracy in the Southern District of New York for his alleged role in a failed plot to blow up up to a dozen American airliners over the Pacific.
September 11, 2001 – Terrorist attacks.
October 10, 2001 – The FBI releases one of its 22 “most wanted terrorists. “
March 1, 2003: Mohammed is captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
September 6, 2006 – The United States acknowledges that Mohammed has been held by a secret CIA criminal and is being transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he will be tried before an army commission.
March 15, 2007 – The Pentagon releases a 26-page transcript in which Mohammed claims responsibility for 9/11 and confesses to the killing of journalist Daniel Pearl. He also claims to have been concerned about the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center and the bombing of a Bali nightclub in 2002, as well as the attempted shoe bombing of Richard Reid in 2001.
February 11, 2008 – The United States announces it will seek the death penalty against Mohammad for charges related to the 9/11 attacks which include: conspiracy, murder in violation of the law of war, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destruction of property in violation of the law of war, and terrorism and material support of terrorism.
June 5, 2008 – Mohammed and four co-defendants are indicted. Mohammed tells the judge, Marine Colonel Ralph Kohlmann, that he needs to get his act together and that he wants to become a martyr.
January 21, 2009 – At the request of the new U. S. president, Barack Obama, the trial is frozen for days.
April 16, 2009 – The Ministry of Justice issues a 2005 memo stating that Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in March 2003.
November 13, 2009 – The Department of Justice announces that five detainees at Guantanamo Bay, including Mohammed, will be transferred to New York City to stand trial in a U. S. District Courtroom a few blocks from the Twin Towers.
April 4, 2011 – In a 180-degree turn, Attorney General Eric Holder announces that Mohammed will face a military trial at Guantanamo Bay instead of a civilian trial in New York.
May 31, 2011 – The Ministry of Defense announces that key charges have been refiled against Mohammed and four other alleged accomplices of September 11. The charges include: conspiracy, murder in violation of the rights of war, assault on civilians, attack on civilian objects, wilfully causing serious physical harm, destruction of property in violation of the rights of war, hijacking of aircraft, and terrorism.
May 5, 2012 – He will stand trial at Guantanamo Bay.
October 17, 2012 – At an initial hearing, Mohammed says the U. S. government legalizes torture in the name of national security and equates the nearly 3,000 people who died on Sept. 11 with the “millions” killed by the U. S. military. After Mohammed’s comments, the army put Capt. James Pohl on trial and said no further private comments from the defendant would be allowed.
December 9, 2014 – The Senate Intelligence Committee releases its report on the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used by the CIA after 9/11. The CIA had said the approach was effective in helping interrogators extract data from Mohammed, but, according to the Senate report, Mohammed figured out a way to “defeat the system,” based on the data he had provided to CIA agents to prevent the waterboarding phenomenon.
August 30, 2019 – Mohammed’s trial is set to begin January 11, 2021.
December 18, 2020 – Military Judge Colonel Douglas K. Watkins extends litigation deadlines, which will delay the trial start date. This follows the recusal and resignation of two previous judges in 2020, as well as delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
March 2022 – Lawyers are in discussions with prosecutors to reach a possible plea agreement and avoid a death penalty trial, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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