Islamic Terrorism in the West ( Mega thread)

[brihard]

Big news in terrorism prosecutions today: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices have reportedly reached a deal with U.S. authorities to plead guilty for plotting 9/11.

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal - Pentagon - BBC News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices will plead guilty in Guantanamo Bay trial, say US prosecutors.

www.bbc.com

 

[OldSolduer]

Big news in terrorism prosecutions today: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices have reportedly reached a deal with U.S. authorities to plead guilty for plotting 9/11.

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal - Pentagon - BBC News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices will plead guilty in Guantanamo Bay trial, say US prosecutors.

www.bbc.com

House them in a range with Americans who are criminals but still love America.

I'm joking.....aren't I?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Big news in terrorism prosecutions today: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices have reportedly reached a deal with U.S. authorities to plead guilty for plotting 9/11.

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal - Pentagon - BBC News

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices will plead guilty in Guantanamo Bay trial, say US prosecutors.

www.bbc.com

That is a big development - one which I think will reopen older, somewhat scabbed-over wounds big time.

NYT says this ....

Commission documents page shows some documents submitted Tuesday (30 Jul 2024) ...

MC Cases

Welcome to the Office of Military Commissions. Military Commissions are run by the Department of Defense through the work of five organizations to achieve the overarching goal of a just resolution to all commissions cases. A military commission is a military court of law traditionally used...

www.mc.mil

... but they're all under security review before releasing.

 

[brihard]

Another twist: Secdef Lloyd Austin has revoked the plea deal and reserved for himself the authority to enter into such an agreement.

Austin revokes plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others.

abcnews.go.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1819528665777975612

IMO this smells political. It would be bad right before the election for Biden’s government to be seen to be entering into a plea deal that spares Mohammed from execution, notwithstanding the absolute mockery the military commissions make of the rule of law. Odds of this succesfully being prosecuted to the extent of a death penalty being held up are slim… The military commissions are a flagrantly abusive legal process, notwithstanding that he’s likely guilty as sin. This always should have been a clean civil criminal prosecution with everything on the up and up.

Anyway- a surprise twist late on a Friday.

 

[Brad Sallows]

IMO this smells political.

Amazing that such a thing could happen in the USA in this day and age.

 

[The Bread Guy]

... Odds of this succesfully being prosecuted to the extent of a death penalty being held up are slim…

Still, the families seem pleased at SecDef's move (not surprisingly.

Sept. 11 families group leader cheers restoration of death penalty option in 9-11 prosecutions

The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she's hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary's nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others.

apnews.com

 

[brihard]

Still, the families seem pleased at SecDef's move (not surprisingly.

Sept. 11 families group leader cheers restoration of death penalty option in 9-11 prosecutions

The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks says she's hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary's nullification of plea deals for the accused mastermind and two others.

apnews.com

Yup, pretty sure the administration of wanting to give the Trump campaign this freebie, knowing that few people would give it any scrutiny and understand why things were going the way they were.