The Biden administration has reportedly reached plea deals with three defendants being held at Guantanamo Bay for their alleged involvement in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that will spare them the death penalty, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
Department of Defense (DOD) Announced The government has struck deals with three prisoners, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of planning and financing the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history. The deals will reportedly allow the defendants to avoid the death penalty, a punishment that many of the families of 9/11 victims have sought. according to The New York Post cited three unnamed family members of 9/11 victims who were given details of the deal by the government. (Related article: Biden breaks decades of tradition by spending 9/11 in Alaska)
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 11: Flowers and flags are placed above the names of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks displayed in the North Tower Memorial Pool during the annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The 9/11 attacks claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent people and launched America's decades-long war on terror, which claimed the lives of thousands of U.S. troops. The defendants are accused of various offenses for providing material and logistical support to the 19 terrorist hijackers who carried out the attacks, according to the New York Post.
More than 2,000 family members of 9/11 victims have previously lobbied the Biden administration to intervene and block the defendants' plea deals. according to To Hill.
“The convening authority of the Military Commission, Susan Eskarie, has entered into pre-trial agreements with three 9/11 co-defendants: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid Mohammed Saleh Mubarak bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam Al Hawsawi,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “The specific terms of the pre-trial agreements have not been made public at this time.”
The Office of Military Commissions (OMC) confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that an agreement had been reached but said “the specific terms of the pretrial agreement have not been made public at this time.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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