9/11 suspect is confessing to everything

[Gromit]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a partial transcript from a closed-door hearing in Guantanamo Bay is apparently confessing to a long list of plots which he personally planned for Osama Bin Laden. The US seem to have got a key al-Qaeda mastermind.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6452 573.stm

My initial thought was great, with all that evidence they should put him on trial properly. But the more I read, the more he sounded like a serial confesser. Do you think he really was responsible for all the things he has admitted? Would the confession stand up in a normal court of Law?

[ludwig]

Must admit I thought the same thing. It's like '9/11? that was me. That shoe bomber thing? - that was me as well, the bali bombing - me, hurricane katrina - yup me again. Basically it was all me, me, me'.
Ultimately he could be reponsible for all, some, or none of it. I don't think they'll ever know for sure.

[sunnyday2d]

as this confession was taken behind closed
doors, without any lawyers present,
also allegations of torture,
can we really trust bush & co to give us
truthful & honest statements on the subject of terrorism, they have not exactly got a glowing record in ths department have they.
and as you say gromit, he does seem like a bit of a serial confessor, probably to project
himself as a more influencial person than he
really is.
what we need is a proper trial ,
not a kangaroo court.

[Supernick]

Guantanamo has done the West absolutely no favours at all. Even if the government does come out out with a gleeful "See we were right to keep him all this time", a lot of people are going to shrug their shoulders and wonder whether it was a confession drawn out with torture. If there is to be justice he needs to be brought to trial, and not murky closed door hearings.

[jno]

apprently he's confessed to things that never happened. I'm pretty sceptical. But I suppose if he's trickled out confessions over the years he's kept a few interrogators nicely tied up, which may be what he was after.

[stokeace]

i thought 9/11 was a conspiracy.well according to a lot of do gooders it was.........

[jedimistress]

I'd either confess to all or commit suicide if I was at Gauntanamo.