9/11 plotter schooled in U.S., never swore loyalty to bin Laden
Posted: November 15, 2009 at 4 a.m.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, shown after his capture March 1, 2003, in Pakistan, is believed to have been a central figure in the planning of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S.
Not long after he was rousted from bed and seized in a pre-dawn raid in Pakistan in March 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed gave his captors two demands: He wanted a lawyer, and he wanted to be taken to New York.
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