Author Laurie Mylroie, writing in the conservative political magazine The American Spectator in 2006, argued that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his family are the primary architects of 9/11 and similar attacks, that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's association with Osama bin Laden is secondary, and that Al-Qaeda's claim of responsibility for the attack is after the fact and opportunistic.
Forfatteren Laurie Mylroie, der skriver i det konservative politiske magasin The American Spectator, meddelte i 2006, at Khalid Sheikh Mohammed og hans familie er de primære hovedpersoner bag 9/11 og lignende angreb, samt at Khalid Sheikh Mohammeds samarbejde med Osama bin Laden er sekundær, og at al-Qaedas påstande om ansvaret for angrebet er opportunistiske.