Sii wad qodobkaan - Bishii Maarso 1, 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed ayaa la xiray intii lagu guda jiray duqeyn ay hogaaminaysay CIA-da oo ka dhacday duleedka Rawalpindi, sagaal mayl oo ka baxsan caasimada Pakistan ee Islamabad. Mohammed waqtigii la qabtay wuxuu ahaa sarkaalkii seddexaad ee ugu sarreeyay al-Qaacida wuxuuna si toos ah mas'uul uga ahaa qorsheynta weeraradii 11kii Sebtember. Dhacdooyinka kale ee Maxamed lala xiriirinayo waxaa ka mid ah: amarka dilka weriyihii Wall Street Journal Daniel Pearl, qaraxii USS Cole
, Richard Reid wuxuu isku dayay inuu ku qarxiyo diyaarad rayid ah bamka kabaha, iyo weerarkii argagixiso ee ka dhacay sunagogga El Ghriba ee Djerba, Tunisia. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed wuxuu isku tilmaamay inuu yahay madaxa guddiga militariga ee al-Qaacida.