Evidence Extracted Through Torture of 9/11 Defendant is Inadmissible
Military Judge Matthew McCall ruled last week that the CIA’s torture of September 11 defendant Ammar al-Baluchi rendered his confessions as inadmissible. The prosecution failed to prove by a preponderance of evidence that his statements were voluntary and were not obtained by torture. The statements were made in January 2007, four months after he was transferred from secret overseas CIA locations where he was abused and held in isolation for more than three years.
Ammar al-Baluchi is accused of facilitating the 9/11 attacks by providing money and other assistance to the alleged hijackers. He is the nephew of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He is also the cousin of Ramzi Yousef, who was convicted for the 1993 WTC bombing an
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