Posted on 03/15/2007 4:41:56 PM PDT by RWB Patriot
WASHINGTON - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's claims that he was responsible for dozens of successful, foiled and imagined attacks in the past 15 years relies on a loose definition of the word "responsible." Officials say the 9/11 mastermind was key to some plots but a bit player in others.
The 31 on his list range from the stunningly vicious suicide hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001, to others that current and former government officials say were more talk than concrete plans, such as a plot to kill Jimmy Carter and other former U.S. presidents.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, noting Mohammed's activities are likely to be the subject of an upcoming military tribunal.
His confession, his first public statement since his March 2003 capture in Pakistan, came in a closed-door hearing in the newly established U.S. tribunal process. A 26-page transcript of the Saturday session at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was made public Wednesday night.
While there apparently is truth in much of the statement, several officials said, there's also an element of self-promotion. They view the claims as at least in part a rallying cry to bolster his image and that of al-Qaida in the only venue Mohammed has left: a military courtroom from which the public is barred.
"I have never known a criminal — either terrorist or otherwise — that didn't exaggerate," said Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, a former FBI agent and the top Republican on the terrorism panel of the House Intelligence Committee.
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The guy reminds me of that phony mass murderer, Henry Lee Lucas (deceased). I think Henry Lee actually murdered one person, but claimed he killed 300 so he could go all around America, get lots of publicity, and free strawberry milkshakes along the way.
He's never getting out and he knows it. Why not take all the credit? Maybe an attempt to take some pressure off the boss. Or, to get the lefties to say "See, this guy did it all. No more need to chase Bin laden and fight the WOT. Pull the troops out NOW!!"
I am especially skeptical of his plan to kill Carter. Why would they want to hurt or kill a supporter?
I think it is time to slap old Mo on the wrist a couple of times more before allowing his ACLU lawyer access to him. Then feed him kebab with all the trimmings. The SOB never had it so good.
That reminds me of a story about a guy that went to the priest for confession.
After listening to him for a while, the priest said, "Henry, you aren't confessing, you are bragging."
Sorry Shrader, your so called experts speaking on condition of anonymity are phoney. Just as you are a phoney with an agenda. Just like AP is a phoney operation with an agenda. You want to print believable stories then sprinkle them with believable people.
Plot to kill Jimmy Cartah? Why would they want to attack their best friend?
I'm sure he did exagerate involvement in some or most of these events. But so what? Any one of them should get him a firing squad. I would only object to any notion that the government has done something wrong in presenting this confession.
KSM Confesses to Murder, Rosie Worries He Was 'Tortured'
O’DONNELL: I think the man has been in custody of the American government, in secret CIA torture prisons in Guantanamo Bay, where torture is accepted and allowed, and he finally is the guy who admits to doing everything. They finally found the guy. It's not that guy bin Laden. It's this guy they've had since ‘93. And look, this is the picture they released of him. Doesn’t, he look healthy?
"I have never known a criminal — either terrorist or otherwise — that didn't exaggerate,"
"I have never known a Journalist — either democrat or Liberal — that didn't exaggerate,"
there thats better
Torture for two - stick Rosie in the cell with him for about a month or so.
Sounds like he made up the story to curry favor with us and get off for good behavior.
Read the article. The "officials" are merely speculating. They provide no evidence to support their claims.
This is part of the larger Democrat machine (which includes Democrat politicians, the mainstream media, the career Foreign Service, the career CIA, and other anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-Global War on Terror, anti-American government organizations) to discredit the accomplishments of the administration.
These officials are leakers. The same leakers who have leaked everything else to try to cause us to lose the Global War on Terror.
Left - "Well, he wasn't a very big fish, anyway."
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