Lloyd Austin Rebukes Senior Official After 9/11 Plea Deal Embarrassment
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared to reprimand senior Pentagon officials after they reportedly approved plea deals for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his accomplices, a major embarrassment for the Biden-Harris administration. After the Pentagon announced the agreement, which was approved by Biden administration official and retired Army Brigadier General Susan Escalier, Austin […]
Austin, White House Could Have Squashed 9/11 Plea Deal Years Ago if They Wanted to
On Friday’s episode of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN’s Pentagon correspondent Oren Lieberman said the White House and the Pentagon should have known there was a process to try to reach a plea deal with three defendants allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including the alleged mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The plea deal was […]
CHRISTIAN WHITON: Secretary Austin Commits An Act Of Decency By Revoking Shameful Plea Deals With 9/11 Terrorists
In an order issued Friday night, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cancel The Biden-Harris administration Shameful plea bargain He would have avoided the death penalty along with the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks. Austin, who was an Army general before becoming secretary, reserved the authority to make such deals for himself, telling officials in charge of […]
Austin to send fighter jets, keep carrier group in Middle East for Israel defense
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of fighter jets, naval ships and air defense forces to the Middle East amid rising tensions in the region following Israeli attacks on Iran and Lebanon. “The Department of Defense continues to take steps to mitigate potential escalation of regional tensions from Iran or its partners and […]
Austin Yanked 9/11 Plea Deal ‘Because of Some of the Reactions’
On Friday’s CNN broadcast of “The Source,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, responded to the cancellation of plea deals with three defendants accused of involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks, including mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, saying he believes “in part due to the reaction” that Defense […]
9/11 families, lawmakers praise Lloyd Austin and demand trial date after reversal of terrorist plea deals
Relatives of 9/11 victims and members of Congress praised Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for “doing the right thing” Friday by revoking plea deals that would have spared the death penalty for the three masterminds of the terror attacks. They now hope that justice will be served and a trial date will be set “immediately.” “Thank […]
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters | September 11 2001
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has revoked plea deals for three men accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks. According to the memo: It was sent to Susan Escalier, who is overseeing the war tribunal hearings. The short-lived agreement came 16 years after the prosecution of the three began. Escalie announced on Wednesday that […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for 9/11 terrorists
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 […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for 9/11 terrorists in shocking reversal
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on Friday withdrew plea deals that would have spared the death penalty for the alleged mastermind and two accomplices of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Austin, 70, announced in the memo that he had removed from the agency the official responsible for signing the plea agreement and assumed authority over the […]
Yankees counting on Austin Wells to remain a bright spot
Even before Jose Trevino was sidelined with a quad strain that will likely keep him out for several weeks (though manager Aaron Boone said Friday that the catcher’s recovery was going better than expected), Austin Wells was beginning to look like the type of play the Yankees expected when they selected Wells in the first […]