"The FBI has never considered Odeh's Pakistan confession to be of any evidentiary value," says TIME correspondent Elaine Shannon. "They have been using it simply as a source of leads in the investigation." Still, you can't blame his lawyer for trying.
Torture Claim Won't Help Bomb Accused
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Even if he was tortured in Pakistan, that won't help Mohammed Saddiq Odeh beat the rap for the East Africa embassy bombing -- U.S. prosecutors had never planned on using Odeh's confession to his Pakistani captors as evidence. Odeh's defense attorney launched an opening gambit Friday, telling the Washington Post that his client confessed involvement in the Nairobi attack only after he was tortured and threatened. Odeh, who admits to being a follower of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, has not repeated the confession to U.S. investigators.