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9/11 confessions wouldn't mean swift executions

The five terror detainees charged with plotting the 9/11 attacks may have tried to hasten their martyrdom Monday in a note offering to confess, but legal procedure and the uncertain future of military commissions likely will keep them alive and captive for months, if not years to come, experts said.

By offering to plead guilty, self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his...

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