Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of evidence in 9/11 attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly unsealed documents springiness 1 of the astir elaborate views yet of the grounds gathered connected the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, including however prosecutors allege helium and others interacted with the hijackers who carried retired the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The summaries of grounds released Thursday see Mohammed’s ain statements implicit the years, telephone records and different documents alleging coordination betwixt Mohammed and the hijackers, videos included successful al-Qaida’s readying for the attacks and prosecutors’ summaries of authorities simulations of the flights of the 4 airliners that day. But fewer different details were given.

Also to beryllium presented are the photos and decease certificates of 2,976 radical killed that time astatine the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and successful a Pennsylvania field, wherever the 4th airliner commandeered by the al-Qaida hijackers smashed into the crushed aft a revolt by passengers.

The recently revealed model of subject prosecutors’ imaginable lawsuit against Mohammed, who prosecutors accidental conceived of and executed overmuch of al-Qaida’s attack, is contained successful a plea statement that the Defense Department is battling successful tribunal to rotation back.

Mohammed and 2 co-defendants agreed successful the plea woody with subject prosecutors to plead blameworthy successful the attack successful instrumentality for beingness sentences.

The Associated Press, The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, Fox News, NBC and Univision are suing to get the plea bargains unsealed. The summaries of the prosecution grounds were released Thursday successful a partially redacted mentation of Mohammed’s agreement.

The grounds summaries constituent to the anticipation of further revelations astir the attacks yet to come.

As portion of the plea agreement, prosecutors, defence and the elder Pentagon authoritative overseeing the cases astatine Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, agreed to an antithetic measurement — a proceeding that would let them to marque nationalist the grounds compiled against the three.

It appears designed to code complaints from families and others that a plea bargain typically would different support the grounds from afloat being revealed.

Another antithetic portion of the woody mandated Mohammed to hold to reply questions from the families of victims.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen soon aft his seizure during a raid successful Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003. (AP Photo, FILE)

Military prosecutors, defence attorneys and Guantanamo officials negotiated the woody implicit 2 years nether authorities auspices. The negotiations were an effort to bring a solution to the 9/11 case, which has remained successful pretrial hearings for much than 2 decades since the attacks.

Then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin interceded to effort to void the plea agreement aft it was announced, saying that waiving the anticipation of the decease punishment successful truthful sedate an onslaught was a determination that defence secretaries should handle.

Federal tribunal hearings successful the Defense Department’s attempts to rotation backmost the plea agreements are ongoing.

Legal arguments implicit whether the sustained torture that Mohammed and different 9/11 defendants underwent successful CIA custody has rendered their statements successful the lawsuit inadmissible and has slowed the case. So person repeated staffing changes astatine the Guantanamo tribunal and the logistical difficulties of holding a proceedings successful a courtroom a level formation distant from the U.S.