Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Set for June 2028 Trial at Guantanamo
The judge gave prosecutors a longer timeline to resolve evidence disputes and other pretrial issues after rejecting a January 2027 start date.
- On Wednesday, a U.S. Air Force judge scheduled trial for Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the self-proclaimed "mastermind" of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, to begin on June 5, 2028.
- Mohammad, a former Al-Qaeda official, was captured in 2003 after an 18-month search in Pakistan and has been detained at Guantanamo Bay since, marking decades of pre-trial delays.
- Military court documents show the judge rejected a proposed January 11, 2027 trial date, citing the complexity of proceedings after decades of delays in the high-stakes case.
- The Pentagon and FBI advised families of victims that plea agreement negotiations are under consideration, which could potentially remove death-penalty exposure for the accused.
- This trial scheduling arrives on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the attacks, nearly 25 years after Sept. 11, 2001, marking a potential resolution to the protracted case.
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Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Trial Set for 2028
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his three co-defendants will stand trial in June 2028.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind behind the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in Washington and New York, will appear in court in June 2028. That is more than a quarter of a century after he was arrested in Pakistan. He has been detained in Guantánamo Bay, the controversial and high-security American military prison in Cuba, since 2006. The American prosecutor wanted Mohammed to be tried by a military court as early as Ja…
9/11: Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to face trial in 2028
The US used Guantanamo, an isolated naval base, to hold militants captured during the "War on Terror" that followed the September 11 attacks in a bid to keep the defendants from claiming rights under US law.
The decision marks a new twist in one of the longest-running legal cases related to the September 11 attacks.
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