# Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Kind: **person**

Also written as: KSM · the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind · the alleged 9/11 mastermind

## Involved in

- [All of KSM’s cousins were known to the CIA to have connections to al‑Qaeda, and Abu Musab and Abu Khalid were also known to the agency for handling logistical…](https://truthscore.com/claim/209b90d3)
- [After the August report identifying Mukhtar as KSM, the CIA did not connect it with additional intelligence from June 2001 indicating that KSM, operating under…](https://truthscore.com/claim/47602dd8)
- [US intelligence knew that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed existed and had terrorist connections, but it reportedly failed to connect the dots.](https://truthscore.com/claim/49c475d5)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed provided media facilitation for al-Qaeda and became head of its media committee in late 2000.](https://truthscore.com/claim/524f4a8b)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was accused by US authorities of masterminding the September 11, 2001 attacks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6ec66842)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s cousins, including Ramzi Yousef, Abd al‑Samad, Abd al‑Karim (Abu Musab al‑Baluchi), Abd al‑Mun’im (Abu Khalid al‑Baluchi), Hashim Abd…](https://truthscore.com/claim/70cbc4e0)
- [A photo obtained by the Associated Press shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed shortly after his capture.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8a1d923f)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was indicted in January 1996 for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center attack, including assisting Ramzi Yousef in planning it.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9c0042aa)
- [An unsuccessful attempt was made to render Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from Qatar in 1996.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b0a763e9)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured during a raid in Pakistan on March 1, 2003.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bf72a056)
- [A connection between Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the al‑Ghamdi alias and the nickname “Mukhtar” existed before the September 11, 2001 attacks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c237ad7a)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was linked to the nickname “Mukhtar” in a CIA human intelligence report received on August 28.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cba01ba3)
- [There was an existing link between Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the al‑Ghamdi alias.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d1d51181)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed escaped Qatar after the failed rendition attempt in 1996 and lived in Afghanistan and Pakistan.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e5c1bc26)
- [After the September 11 attacks, German intelligence discovered that KSM, identified as Mukhtar, had communicated with a telephone used by Ramzi Bin al‑Shibh.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fc9b1677)