Entries tagged with “Ammar al-Baluchi”
Military
,Oct 20, 2026
Last of Four Confessions Obtained in Guantánamo from Alleged 9/11 Conspirators Ruled Inadmissible
On October 7, 2026, Judge Colonel Michael Schrama ruled Walid bin Attash’s statements to the FBI inadmissible at trial due to the agency’s failure to notify him that earlier statements extracted during CIA interrogations could not be used against him. This decision marks the last confession to be ruled inadmissible in the joint capital prosecution against four defendants (Mr. bin Attash, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mustafa al Hawsawi, and Ammar al-Baluchi), all alleged 9/11 conspirators — the first…
Military
,Apr 17, 2025
Guantanamo Judge Rules Government Cannot Use Confession Obtained Through Torture in 9/11 Capital Case
On April 11, 2025, Judge Colonel Matthew McCall ruled that confessions elicited from Ammar al-Baluchi, accused of conspiring in the September 11th terrorism attacks, were the result of torture carried out by the CIA and as a result cannot be used against Mr. al-Baluchi in any legal proceeding. According to Col. McCall, Mr. al-Baluchi involuntarily incriminated himself in 2007 after extensive “psychological conditioning” through torture and abuse during his detention at the CIA’s overseas…
State & Federal Info
Federal Death Penalty
,Military
,Mar 18, 2022
Plea Talks Are Under Way in Guantánamo September 11 Case that Could Take Death Penalty Off the Table
Military prosecutors and defense attorneys are reportedly discussing plea deals that could take the death penalty off the table in the Guantánamo military commission cases of five men accused of involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The negotiations, first reported by the New York Times on March 15, 2022 and subsequently confirmed by defense counsel, would require alleged 9/11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others to plead…