As President Joe Biden winds down his term in office, irreversible decisions may come fast and furious. On Wednesday, the Department of Defense cut deals with the three top terrorists who were behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, an event seared into the memories of many.
Three of the terrorists are being held at a U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, on the coast of Cuba. They are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused principal mastermind of the al Qaeda attacks, along with two alleged co-conspirators: Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi. The three terrorists will be spared from the death penalty, according to the deal made by the Biden Administration.
The Office of Military Commissions is prosecuting the case against men involved in the worst terrorist attack on the United States in its history.
In exchange for removal of the death penalty as a possible punishment, these three Accused have agreed to plead guilty to all of the charged offenses, including the murder of the 2,976 people listed in the charge sheet,” said a letter signed by chief prosecutor Rear Adm. Aaron C. Rugh.
The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, 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. The specific terms and conditions of the pretrial agreements are not available to the public at this time, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.
“The three accused, along with Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Ramzi Bin al Shibh, were initially charged jointly and arraigned on June 5, 2008, and then were again charged jointly and arraigned a second time on May 5, 2012, in connection with their alleged roles in the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States,” the Biden Administration said.
Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska endorsed Joe Biden’s reelection but has remained silent on Kamala Harris, who was part of a Democrat Party coup that overthrew Biden from the ticket and installed Harris as the presumptive nominee.
Biden has largely disappeared from public life since he announced he will not be the Democrats’ nominee. Harris has taken over much of the media frenzy, as the mainstream media reporters prop up her campaign for president with round-the-clock coverage. Harris, a former San Francisco prosecutor, has a long record of being soft on crime, advocating for defunding the police, and being timid when it came to tough cases brought before her.