So, here's the big question. Is what he admitted to, really what he did?
Pentagon Redacted Statements of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Discussing Torture
According to a Pentagon transcript released yesterday, Khalid Sheik Mohammed confessed to masterminding 9/11 and “more than 30 other terror attacks or plots” at a military hearing held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Known among CIA officers as “Al-Qaeda’s toughest prisoner” in Guantanamo Bay, Mohammad has long been the subject of extreme interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. [...]
UPDATE: Some of you may find this analysis interesting, especially considering the source - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - from the show's blog -
...The confession came at a military hearing in Guantanamo Bay on Saturday. It is worth noting that it was the first time Mohammed was able to make any sort of long statement without interrogators present. No one had to waterboard it out of him. The disclosure appears to have taken [...]
UPDATE 2: On the other side of the fence, TRex is writing at FireDogLake -
You guys are going to have to forgive me if I'm a little cynical about the timing of these revelations: Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing, and training others for bombings ranging from the 1993 attack at the World Trade Center to the attempt by would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight [...]
Tags: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, 9/11, Guantanamo Bay, Waterboarding
Tags: Countdown, Keith Olbermann
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