Lt. Col. Derek A. Poteet, USMC, who is one of the defense counsel for 9/11 “mastermind” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), confirmed to CNN that a motion was filed to allow KSM to provide information about Gina Haspel to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
“The judge has issued an order requiring expedited briefing on the issue,” Poteet said.
The New York Times first reported KSM was seeking to provide a statement.
KSM was transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2009. At a pretrial hearing there in 2012, Mohammed declared that the US government sanctioned torture in the name of national security.
He also equated the plane hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people to the “millions” he said have been killed by America’s military. After Mohammed’s remarks, military judge Captain James Pohl said no other personal comments by the accused will be allowed.
In 2014, the Senate Intelligence Committee released its report on “enhanced interrogation techniques” used by the CIA in the post-9/11 era. Mohammed was waterboarded at least 183 times.
Source : Nbcnewyork
-218x150.png "Event Horizon Telescope Unveils Humanity’s First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole")
