US judge rules 9/11 mastermind’s confession unusable, says it was coerced by CIA

A US military judge ruled that the confession made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11 terrorist attacks, cannot be used against him at trial, citing “psychological conditioning and severe coercion” by CIA. The judge said FBI agents intentionally failed to tell Mohammed that he had a right to consult a lawyer. Mohammed was captured in Pakistan in 2003.