A trial date was set on August 27, 2026, for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. On August 29, a judge threw out Mohammed's confession, dealing a blow to the prosecution's long-delayed case.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is widely believed to have planned the deadly terror attacks, as well as several others, as a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
The ruling marks a blow to the federal government's long-delayed effort to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of developing the plot to crash planes into the Pentagon and World Trade Center.