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Peter Bergen says Guantánamo 9/11 case still pre-trial, FBI confession barred

Danger Close · Danger Close | Peter Bergen · September 11, 2026
Peter Bergen says Guantánamo 9/11 case still pre-trial, FBI confession barred
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""But we're still in pre-trial hearings. Now a judge just ruled that even his clean confession to the FBI is inadmissible.""
Peter Bergen says alleged 9/11 operational commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains in pre-trial proceedings at Guantánamo Bay. Bergen also claims a judge has ruled Mohammed’s later FBI confession inadmissible, which he links to torture and the military commissions system.
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September 11, 2026 · 1h 52m · 6 Egleze moments
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