{"id":2650215,"date":"2026-08-26T22:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-judge-sets-trial-for-alleged-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:40:28","slug":"military-judge-sets-trial-for-alleged-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-judge-sets-trial-for-alleged-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Military judge sets trial for alleged 9\/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-judge-sets-trial-for-alleged-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2650215&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A military judge has scheduled the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11 attacks, for June 2028. Mohammed, who was charged in 2008 and has been in detention at Guantanamo Bay since 2006 after being held at CIA black sites, will be prosecuted alongside co-conspirators Walid bin Attash, ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi. The trial was postponed from an earlier proposed start date of January 2027 to the summer of 2028, with the judge citing scheduling considerations. Mohammed faces charges related to the 2001 terrorist attacks that resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths, including the destruction of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a thwarted attack on the U.S.Capitol. His defense team claims the prolonged delay is due to efforts by the U.S. government to conceal evidence of torture inflicted on detainees, which included waterboarding 183 times, according to a 2014 Senate report.The charges stem from the plot that caused the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, with ongoing health issues among survivors and responders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A military judge set a trial date for the alleged mastermind behind the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/september-11-terrorist-attacks\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/september-11-terrorist-attacks\">Sept. 11 attacks<\/a>, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, for June 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammed was charged in 2008 and has been awaiting trial since his arrest in 2003. The former al Qaeda propaganda chief has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a> for 20 years, first arriving in 2006 after being held at various <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cia\/\">CIA<\/a> \u201cblack sites,\u201d and has been charged with war crimes stemming from the 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4702230\/trial-set-9-11-mastermind-khalid-sheikh-mohammed\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Military judge sets trial for alleged 9\/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4702190\/judge-suspends-gunman-charges-trump-california-golf-course\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge suspends charges for gunman arrested at Trump\u2019s California golf course<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4701688\/minnesota-lawsuit-texas-extradite-ice-officer\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge blocks Minnesota lawsuit compelling Texas to extradite ICE officer<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He will be prosecuted alongside other alleged conspirators, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed al Hawsawi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A military commissions judge, Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, declined a January 2027 start date for the trial proposed by prosecutors, instead pushing it to the following summer. The trial comes after a possible agreement that would have spared Mohammed the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea was thrown out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammed\u2019s defense has blamed the long wait for a trial on what they allege is a U.S. government effort to bury details of torture against detainees held at CIA black sites before their transfer to the Cuban detention camp, with a 2014 Senate report, known as the \u201cCIA Torture Report,\u201d finding that Mohammed was subjected to waterboarding, torture that simulates drowning, 183 times. 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A fourth airliner, whose hijackers were about to be overtaken by passengers on the flight, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Its intended target, based on findings from the 9\/11 Commission, was the Capitol in Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks killed 2,977 people, and even more have died from health-related illnesses in the decades since, according to federally established health programs. 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