# CIA Questioning of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Planned U.S. Attacks

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120507224120599021
- Source account: [@moreaurose17](https://x.com/moreaurose17)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:15
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks

## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=1) Pause to mark the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=8) The information that the Central Intelligence Agency has obtained by questioning men like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has provided valuable information and has helped disrupt terrorist plots, including strikes within the United States.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=25) For example, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed described the design of planned attacks on buildings inside the US and how operatives, uh, were directed to carry them out.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=36) That is valuable information for those of us who have the responsibility to protect the American people.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=45) He told us the operatives had been instructed to ensure that the explosives went off at a high p-- a point that was high enough to prevent people trapped above from escaping.

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=59) He told us the operatives had been instructed to ensure that the explosives went off at a high p-- a point that was high enough to prevent people trapped above from escaping.

[1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Pjcnn7Iu6CiV/en/cia-questioning-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed-and-planned-u-s-attacks?t=73) The explosives