Cika wannan magana: A ranar 1 ga Maris, 2003, an kama Khalid Shaikh Mohammed a lokacin da CIA ta jagoranci hare-hare a cikin unguwar Rawalpindi, mai nisan mil tara daga babban birnin Pakistan na Islamabad. A lokacin da aka kama shi, Mohammed shi ne na uku mafi girma a cikin al-Qaeda kuma yana da alhakin kai tsaye na shirin kai hare-haren 11 ga Satumba. Sauran abubuwan da aka danganta da Mohammed sun hada da: umarnin kashe dan jaridar Wall Street Journal Daniel Pearl,
Fashewar jirgin ruwan USS Cole, yunkurin Richard Reid na busa jirgin saman farar hula da bam din takalmi, da harin ta'addanci a majami'ar El Ghriba a Djerba, Tunisia. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ya bayyana kansa a matsayin shugaban kwamitin soja na al-Qaeda.