The plea deal that prosecutors reached with the three terrorists behind the incident was September 11 terrorist attacks Detention orders for defendants awaiting trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were revoked by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin.
On Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin led the investigation into the incident, effectively putting the death sentences against the three men — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Mohammed Saleh Mubarak bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi — back on the table.
In his order, Judge Austin removed the head of the military commission who signed the original plea agreement.
“I am exercising my authority to immediately revoke the three pretrial agreements signed on July 31, 2024,” the letter from the defense secretary read.
Austin said he was acting within his authority and had control over the matter.
9/11 mastermind and two others reach plea deal while awaiting trial, leaving victims’ families “deeply disappointed”
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Associated Press)
There is no explanation as to why this was not resolved earlier, before the deal was approved and made public.
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The defendants are accused of providing training, funding and other assistance to 19 terrorists who hijacked passenger planes on September 11, 2001, and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
This attack resulted in: Worst terrorist attack It was the first incident in American history to take place on American soil. The victims’ families were outraged when they heard the news of the deal.
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