Biden, 9/11 and Plea Deals
In the Biden administration’s latest filing, Brian Fletcher, the Justice Department’s principal deputy solicitor general, argued that the case involving the three 9/11 plotters is of “ unique
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cannot nix the controversial plea deals struck with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to a Monday military appeals court decision.
The ruling reinstates plea agreements under which the three men would admit guilt in connection with the September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda attacks.
The Pentagon announced Monday that it has released 11 Yemeni detainees with suspected ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. The detainees, none of whom have been charged with a crime, will be resettled in Oman as the Biden administration moves to wind down operations at the notorious detention facility.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa al Hawsaw, and Walid bin Attash can plead guilty to the terrorist attack and avoid the death penalty.
The U.S. has transferred 11 Guantanamo detainee to Oman, leaving 15 at Cuba facility in the largest detainee transfer to take place during the Biden administration.
The U.S. government earlier this year entered into the plea agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other 9/11 suspects, sparing them the death penalty.
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants in the Sept. attacks. It comes days before the accused 9/11 mastermind's scheduled guilty plea in an agreement that would spare him the death penalty.
Justice Brett Eagleson joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to react to a military court judge voting to uphold plea deals given to alleged 9/11 masterminds.
The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Eleven Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Oman, marking yet another detainee transfer from the military prison in the final days of the Biden administration.