# 9/11 case suffers setback as US judge rejects Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's FBI confession
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Publisher: Geo News · published 2026-08-28 · read 2026-09-06

Original: https://www.geo.tv/latest/679684-us-judge-rejects-khalid-sheikh-mohammeds-fbi-confessions-in-911-case

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## Who is named (10)

- [ruling](https://truthscore.com/entity/3bff9061)
- [FBI](https://truthscore.com/entity/47ebd027)
- [Guantanamo Bay](https://truthscore.com/entity/4a02b0d0)
- [George W. Bush](https://truthscore.com/entity/4ea34177)
- [Guantanamo detention facility](https://truthscore.com/entity/709c8933)
- [11-page scheduling order](https://truthscore.com/entity/8ac76885)
- [Lloyd Austin](https://truthscore.com/entity/96e6e492)
- [CIA](https://truthscore.com/entity/99821d70)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed](https://truthscore.com/entity/af4d34f4)
- [Michael Schrama](https://truthscore.com/entity/c4d1918f)

## Restated (already known — zero weight)

- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured during a raid in Pakistan on March 1, 2003.](https://truthscore.com/claim/bf72a056)
- [Judge Michael Schrama set June 5, 2028, as the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7d1ab92f)
- [Michael Schrama rejected a January 2027 trial start, citing unresolved pretrial issues.](https://truthscore.com/claim/cc41a07e)
- [The trial will be held before a military panel at Guantanamo Bay.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5a9c11a2)
- [A US military judge rejected confessions made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, ruling that statements he gave to FBI agents were not voluntary and cannot be used at…](https://truthscore.com/claim/c4e10542)
- [Judge Michael Schrama said Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 statements were tainted by coercive treatment endured while in CIA custody.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ca3eddd2)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was held at CIA secret prisons.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2d14b16c)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2006.](https://truthscore.com/claim/41c33970)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to harsh interrogation techniques, including repeated waterboarding, before later questioning by FBI agents.](https://truthscore.com/claim/24fc61be)
- [The ruling is a setback for prosecutors.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b7c1a4cf)
- [The latest ruling could lead to further delays if prosecutors appeal.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1af85186)
- [Families of September 11 victims have expressed concern that the proceedings could drag on further, with some fearing they may never see a final resolution.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ae78f5d4)
- [Mohammed and three co-defendants are due to stand trial before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, beginning June 5, 2028, under an 11-page scheduling…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ef4625c4)
- [Opening statements are scheduled to begin 30 days after the panel is seated.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9b8b6ada)
- [The case has been mired in legal disputes for nearly two decades.](https://truthscore.com/claim/94f1456b)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants are accused of conspiring to carry out the September 11, 2001 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9076b209)
- [In 2024, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants agreed to plead guilty in deals that would have spared them the death penalty.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8bc49171)
- [The agreement was revoked months later by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after criticism from Republican lawmakers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fb7b6321)
- [A US appeals court blocked the defendants from pleading guilty under the agreements in 2025.](https://truthscore.com/claim/46ed6a62)
- [President George W. Bush established the Guantanamo detention facility in 2002 to hold foreign militant suspects captured after the September 11 attacks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7df03aaf)
- [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed spoke with his defence lawyer on the third day of pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 war crimes prosecution at the U.S. Naval Base…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ca7950be)
- [The military commission proceedings have been repeatedly delayed by legal challenges over evidence, interrogation methods and the defendants' treatment in US…](https://truthscore.com/claim/436655e5)

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