Transcripts in Combatant Status Review Tribunals Released

Transcripts in last week's Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Faraj al-Libi and Ramzi Bin al-Shibh have been released. See our earlier post, Key 9-11 Suspects Face Combatant Status Review Tribunals at Gitmo for details about these hearings.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confesses 9/11 Role. CNN is reporting that  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, admitted to those attacks and numerous others during a U.S. military hearing on Saturday, according to an edited transcript of the hearing released by the Pentagon Wednesday. The transcript continues with the list of operations he was responsible for, including the Richard Reid shoe bomber attempt to blow up an airliner over the Atlantic Ocean, the Bali nightclub bombing in Indonesia, the 1993 World Trade Center attack and other attacks that were foiled. The list of some 29 operations he was responsible for is followed by a shorter list of operations he was partially responsible for, including an assassination attempt against then-Pope John Paul II while he was visiting the Philippines.

Here's the transcripts:

• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Download transcript_ISN10024.pdf
• Abu Faraj al-Libi: Download Abu_transcript_ISN10017.pdf
• Ramzi Bin al-Shibh: Download Ram_transcript_ISN10013.pdf

Read more about it. [JH]