Biden administration can't stop plea deals military made with 9/11 terrorists
1 week, 1 day ago

Biden administration can't stop plea deals military made with 9/11 terrorists

Raw Story  

Incoming Vice President J.D. Vance and other Republicans attacked President Joe Biden's administration for a "sweetheart deal with 9/11 terrorists," but it turns out it was a military court that refused to stop a plea agreement. Fox News reported Tuesday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tried to revoke the agreement made by the Gitmo military commission. "I hereby withdraw from the three pretrial agreements that you signed on July 31, 2024," a letter from Austin said. In an opinion that has yet to be published online, Fox News said the "deals reached by military prosecutors and defense attorneys were valid and enforceable," and Austin "exceeded his authority when he attempted to nullify them."

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Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
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1 day, 12 hours ago

Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

The Hindu  

The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States. It said the government would be denied a chance for a public trial and the opportunity to …

Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
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1 day, 16 hours ago

Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States. It said the government would be denied a chance for a public trial and the …

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals
1 week, 1 day ago

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals

India Today  

WASHINGTON: A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said. Supporters of the plea agreements see them as a way of resolving the legally troubled case against the men at the U.S. military commission …

US military court clears way for possible plea deals for 9/11 suspects
1 week, 2 days ago

US military court clears way for possible plea deals for 9/11 suspects

Al Jazeera  

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has sought to throw out a possible deal in a case complicated by accusations of CIA torture. A United States military appeals court has denied an effort by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to throw out possible plea deals for the alleged mastermind of the attacks on September 11, 2001, and his two co-conspirators. The deals could …

U.S. to appeal judge’s ruling that 9/11 defendants can plead guilty and avoid the death penalty
2 months ago

U.S. to appeal judge’s ruling that 9/11 defendants can plead guilty and avoid the death penalty

LA Times  

A military judge had voided Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s order to throw out plea deals by three defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. The recent ruling voided Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s order to throw out the deals, and it concluded that the plea agreements were valid. The department will The ruling …

Lawyer for news organizations presses Guantanamo judge to make public a plea deal for 9/11 accused
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Lawyer for news organizations presses Guantanamo judge to make public a plea deal for 9/11 accused

The Independent  

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US Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin Restores Death Penalty for 9/11 Attackers, Voids Plea Deals
5 months ago

US Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin Restores Death Penalty for 9/11 Attackers, Voids Plea Deals

News 18  

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. Gen. Susan Escallier, had approved plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accused accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, in the attacks. Republican Sen. Tom …

Pentagon head Lloyd Austin revokes plea deals with 9/11 attack suspects
5 months ago

Pentagon head Lloyd Austin revokes plea deals with 9/11 attack suspects

Al Jazeera  

US defence secretary has revoked plea deals with alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged accomplices. United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked plea deals reached with the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices, just two days after the announcement of an agreement that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off …

Republicans blast Biden administration’s ‘plea deal with terrorists’ that spared 9/11 plotters from execution
5 months, 1 week ago

Republicans blast Biden administration’s ‘plea deal with terrorists’ that spared 9/11 plotters from execution

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The plea deal with terrorists – including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the …

Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiations
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiations

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has refused to approve some of the conditions that lawyers for the defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had sought in a possible plea bargain, ruling out a presidential guarantee that the five men would be spared solitary confinement and provided care for the trauma of their torture in CIA custody, a White House …

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden
3 years, 9 months ago

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — These are busy days for Republican state attorneys general, filing repeated lawsuits that claim President Joe Biden and his administration are overstepping their authority on immigration, climate change, the environment and taxes. “This is something the Republicans have taken from the Democratic playbook, just as the Democrats had taken a lot of things from the Republican playbook during …

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