From the New York Post: The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and two other terrorists being held on Guantánamo Bay will plead guilty as part of a deal that’ll allow them to skirt the death penalty, prosecutors said Wednesday.
“The Convening Authority for Military Commissions has entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case,” an Office of Military Commissions (OMC) spokesperson confirmed.
The terror suspects will be spared the death penalty as part of the plea agreement, according to three relatives of 9/11 victims who were told about the deal by the OMC.
“I am very disappointed. We waited patiently for a long time. I wanted the death penalty — the government has failed us,” Daniel D’Allara, whose twin brother, John, was an NYPD cop killed in the attacks, told The Post.
The report explains that the three defendants are accused of providing training, financial support and other assistance to the 19 terrorists who hijacked the four planes involved in the deadly attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.
Details of the plea deals are scheduled to be officially announced Thursday and sentencing will be held at Guantánamo Bay on Aug. 5.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) blasted the report, writing, “Any plea deal with the terrorists responsible for killing thousands of Americans, including so many of my constituents, is unacceptable. We owe it to the victims, their families and those 9/11 heroes who continue to suffer and die from related illnesses to pursue the death penalty.”
Any plea deal with the terrorists responsible for killing thousands of Americans, including so many of my constituents, is unacceptable. We owe it to the victims, their families and those 9/11 heroes who continue to suffer and die from related illnesses to pursue the death… pic.twitter.com/w6oNLmgfQX
— Office of Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (@RepMalliotakis) July 31, 2024
Author Gerald Posner wrote, “A plea deal for KSM and two other Guantanamo Bay terrorists? Why does it feel like a sell out by the U.S. government? 9/11 family members are furious. The trio avoid the death penalty and the U.S. avoids a public examination of its ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques. I wrote a book about these terrorists, “Why America Slept.” The news today omits any mention of Abu Zubaydah, the terrorist who is the focus of my final chapter, “The Interrogation.” An American intelligence source called Zubaydah “the Rosetta Stone of 9/11″. Will Zubaydah get a trial or will he be next to strike a plea deal? This is ‘justice’ after 23 years? I do not think so.”
A plea deal for KSM and two other Guantanamo Bay terrorists? Why does it feel like a sell out by the U.S. government?
9/11 family members are furious. The trio avoid the death penalty and the U.S. avoids a public examination of its ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques. I wrote a… pic.twitter.com/5vxoIDzdeO— Gerald Posner (@geraldposner) July 31, 2024
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