Military judge excludes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 FBI confession from 9/11 trial
Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama ruled that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 statements to FBI agents at Guantanamo Bay were involuntary, citing the lingering effects of CIA interrogation techniques including waterboarding. The ruling excludes the confession from evidence in the long-delayed military commission prosecution. Prosecutors have been given time to decide whether to appeal.
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6 outlets covered it, splitting into 6 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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Daily Wire
Judge Who Tossed Confession For 9/11 Mastermind Outed As Left-Wing Ideologue
judge's political bias exposed · negative
New York Times
Judge Excludes Key Confession in Sept. 11 Case
evidentiary exclusion in death-penalty case · neutral
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- New York Timesfirst
- Washington Examiner+2.4 h
- Newsmax+2.8 h
- NY Post+3.3 h
- CBS News+12.3 h
- Daily Wire+93.6 h
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Right-leaning outlets frame the judge as a left-wing ideologue whose writings betray bias, while others focus on the lingering effects of CIA torture as the legal basis for excluding the confession.
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“Judge Who Tossed Confession For 9/11 Mastermind Outed As Left-Wing Ideologue”DW Daily Wire RIGHT
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CBSCBS News Judge throws out confession by alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 13d ago RIGHT4
DWDaily Wire Judge Who Tossed Confession For 9/11 Mastermind Outed As Left-Wing Ideologue 10d ago WEWashington Examiner Judge rules Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confession was involuntary and excludes it from 9/11 case 14d ago NMNewsmax 9/11 Trial Faces New Hurdle as Judge Rejects Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confession 14d ago NYPNY Post Judge axes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's confession in long-delayed 9/11 terror case — in major blow to feds 14d ago 8 tracked claims across 6 outlets
Fact ledger
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Judge Schrama wrote a 2023 essay criticizing conservative tendencies in the military and calling for new legal tools against domestic extremism
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