9/11 plotters ask to plead guilty

lil eva · 9/11 plotters ask to plead guilty

Five men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks have said they want to plead guilty.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-styled mastermind of the terror attacks and four co-defendants said they wanted to confess in a note to a military judge at Guantanamo Bay.

The judge, Colonel Steven Henley, said he would question them "from A to Z" to ensure they understood the impact of their decision, which could see them face the death penalty.

He read from the defendants' note, which began: "We, all five, have reached an agreement to request from the commission an immediate hearing session in order to announce our confessions ... with our earnest desire in this regard without being under any kind of pressure, threat, intimidations or promise from any party."

The note said all five wish to withdraw all pending motions filed by their military-appointed lawyers, whom they do not trust and have tried to fire.

"I am not trusting any Americans," Mohammed said in English during an appearance before the judge.

Something doesn't ring true with all this IMO.These monsters usually stay silent rather than admit any guilt.My theory is that they are wanted by Al Qaeda & have agreed to plead guilty to this charge and become martyrs????

Bravo

I saw a programme on TV a few years ago that investigated very deeply into why past confessions have turned out false.

Basically, to cut the whole thing short, anybody (yes even you and me) has a certain point at which they will break and admit to anything just to end it all. By ending it I mean ending the interrogation process. Some people last only a few hours before they'll admit to a murder they didn't do, and others will last several days before owning up to stealing a pencil they didn't steal. But if it's done right, everyone will admit to something they didn't do.