Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes
plea deal for accused 9/11 terrorists
in shocking reversal
New York Post,
by
Victor Nava *
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
8/2/2024 9:28:33 PM
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin revoked plea deals on Friday that would have spared the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two alleged accomplices.
In a memo, Austin, 70, announced that he relieved the official responsible for signing off on the plea agreements from authority and that he assumed control of the Convening Authority for Military Commissions. (Photos) “I have determined that, in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pre-trial
agreements with the accused in the above-referenced case, responsibility for such a decision should rest with me as the superior convening authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2009,” Austin wrote.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
hershey 8/2/2024 9:31:02 PM (No. 1771614)
Wow...did he actually do the right thing, finally???? Should have turned them into pig manure a long time ago...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/2/2024 9:38:16 PM (No. 1771616)
Democrats discovered their political suicide, and backed out of the deal to try and save themselves --- but the mindset has been exposed, and everyone knows the true inclinations of the Democrats, and should act accordingly.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Nashman 8/2/2024 9:38:45 PM (No. 1771617)
Nobody did the right thing... the deal polled really badly with the public. Only reason for the retraction.
143 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Nimby 8/2/2024 9:39:54 PM (No. 1771618)
Guess they did a poll and found it is going to hit Kamala’s election ???
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 8/2/2024 9:44:21 PM (No. 1771619)
What’s the backstory?
Or, if you prefer, what are they not telling us?
68 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 8/2/2024 9:47:06 PM (No. 1771620)
August 2, 2024
"The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, the DOD said."
Aaron Rugh
Chief Prosecutor
Clay Trivett
Managing Trial Counsel
Jeffrey Groharing
Trial Counsel
Charles Zelnis
VWAP Director
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 8/2/2024 9:58:18 PM (No. 1771621)
Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin defended the plea bargain today in a slobbering report.
27 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 8/2/2024 10:19:23 PM (No. 1771622)
Austin was FOR the plea agreement before he was AGAINST it.
67 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
mc squared 8/2/2024 10:27:30 PM (No. 1771624)
Did NOBODY think this may be unpopular. Especially when Harris expects to be the POTUS.
5 year olds in charge.
59 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Californian 8/2/2024 11:22:02 PM (No. 1771633)
It's an election year.
No one was stopped or fired for giving Iran billions of dollars of Hamas a billion dollars after October 7 or Ukraine 100+ billion dollars or ....
48 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Birddog 8/2/2024 11:52:33 PM (No. 1771639)
This is the 3rd or fourth time something similar has happened and been crawfished by political honcho's, leading to yet another appeal by the peps defense teams, they are now(yet again) demanding a Dismissal because of it. The 2006 law, revised in 2009 has conditions and codicils to prevent ANY "Command Influence" in the making of, or breaking of convictions, sentencing and plea agreements. Dems attacked Trump, Sessions, and Mattis for doing something similar in 2017/2018, Then Biden rejected nearly the same deal last Sept.
The Lady Brig.General in charge of it all was Beau Bidens old Boss(back when he was "killed" in Iraq)
Not sure how it works in the Army, but a similar "Loss of confidence in Command" decision in the Navy would be an "End of Career Letter".
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Omen55 8/3/2024 12:26:47 AM (No. 1771647)
he relieved the official responsible for signing off on the plea agreements
Did he fire dem?
23 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 8/3/2024 12:53:47 AM (No. 1771653)
AMAZING. Now take them out and put a bullet in each head, and dump them in the sea off of Gitmo. END THIS.
41 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
thefield 8/3/2024 1:32:44 AM (No. 1771660)
#13 I am ashamed of you. With their physical condition you don't need to waste a bullet. Just dump them overboard.
21 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
crashnburn 8/3/2024 1:59:30 AM (No. 1771662)
#13, I vote for the nearest pig farm!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 8/3/2024 2:11:37 AM (No. 1771665)
Re #15, might make the pigs sick and I wouldn't buy meat from those pigs.
19 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
watashiyo 8/3/2024 2:36:09 AM (No. 1771668)
It's a bummer for the terrorists. Yesterday was full of joy, but drowning in grief today.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/3/2024 3:45:12 AM (No. 1771674)
I'm sure the backlash from real Americans was deafening. This does not make Austin the good guy for being shamed into doing the right thing.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Trigger2 8/3/2024 3:50:41 AM (No. 1771676)
Shocking? Not hardly. All one has to do is remember that this is an election year and demonrats have to demonstrate that they're not that bad and once in a while, sanity and common sense comes back.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 8/3/2024 6:32:42 AM (No. 1771733)
Was Austin getting a Spine Transplant in Walter Reed a few months ago? That's quite a shift for "that black guy," as Biden would refer to him.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 8/3/2024 6:46:51 AM (No. 1771740)
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut very now and then.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
privateer 8/3/2024 6:55:50 AM (No. 1771745)
It is never shocking when Dems back off a position that they learn was 'unexpectedly' terribly unpopular. They live only for power, and popularity is an important precursor of that. As people, they are stuck in a mean girl, student council member mindset. They can still hate the people they have to please to get what they want.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
vrb8m 8/3/2024 7:14:48 AM (No. 1771754)
Standing Wolf was right.
15 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
janjan 8/3/2024 7:29:59 AM (No. 1771763)
It has taken the Feds 21 YEARS to discuss a plea agreement with these monsters?? They should have been whacked a long time ago. Their lives are worth nothing. It’s astounding.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
JackBurton 8/3/2024 7:38:05 AM (No. 1771768)
to Poster #2... Democrats always discover the right thing and correct course...
....in an election year. But only until the election.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
3XALADY 8/3/2024 7:42:48 AM (No. 1771769)
Too many likes to count for #24. They have been breathing our air for 23 years too long. What is wrong with you people!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Hazymac 8/3/2024 7:46:38 AM (No. 1771772)
Re #23: Oldtime LDotters remember the often repeated mantra of the upright lupine: "Nuke the terrorist savages." Best thing for them, really. Their therapy was going nowhere.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
msjena 8/3/2024 8:35:11 AM (No. 1771788)
Will someone ask Harris if she favors the death penalty for these murderers?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
aripeny 8/3/2024 8:50:30 AM (No. 1771791)
The biden administration slide this in, hoping Americans wouldn't notice since some of the Russian hostages were coming home. The biden-harris got caught and the great American people spoke loud & clear, we aren't going to allow these terrorists to get away with killing our own, in our country.
19 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/3/2024 9:01:46 AM (No. 1771796)
Mr. Secretary, so, biden the cheater got on the horn and told you to clean this up asap before Kamalie could explain this mess in another one of her word salads?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 8/3/2024 9:16:52 AM (No. 1771804)
Yeah, but drowning in grief is too slow. By about 24 years!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/3/2024 10:12:40 AM (No. 1771824)
Is there any one out there who really believes that Austin made an independent decision...I think not...it became obvious that the out cry from the victims families would cause a large deficit in the voters in New York because of the deaths of Americans...and so the obama machine quickly decided to back off...New York is up for grabs now...and they are leaning towards President Trump...that's why....
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
felixcat 8/3/2024 10:17:09 AM (No. 1771825)
Did anyone catch the "interview" of the man who lost a brother on 9/11 and is in charge of the 9/11 Families on Fox and Friends this morning? Somehow he blamed Trump for everything: the attacks, this plea, etc. As if the Clintons, Obama and Bush never existed.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/3/2024 10:39:30 AM (No. 1771838)
Good ole Austin, always there to cover Joey's sorry behind!
Hang the scum NOW and save all the Drama!
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
moebellini3 8/3/2024 10:51:53 AM (No. 1771845)
Real question is, who is running this country. Lets face it. Biden is done, he's an eggplant, Harris isn't done, she was never there in the first place. The dumb get dumber. This country has been destroyed in the last 3 1/2 years and still, no one has gone to jail. We might not last until November. Got it.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
John Farson 8/3/2024 11:07:04 AM (No. 1771855)
Why are these bastards still alive?
Stand them up against a wall and shoot them. Starting with their knees.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
danu 8/3/2024 12:46:44 PM (No. 1771908)
in these trying economic times, we opine there's money to be saved in staging ksl's final
'you're going to hell' ceremony...along with a pork bbq sammich tossed into his earthen hole.
promise him the 72 virgins, but give him sjl, as all 72 wrapped up in one. such a deal.
however, satan is appealing the plea deal, in part. agrees to take ksl, and sammich--not sjl.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/3/2024 1:57:57 PM (No. 1771950)
Generals in the Army are also politicians, or in peacetime their chances of being promoted to the General Officer ranks would be dim. In this case you can bet that the General who approved the deal with the terrorists took that decision with the initial approval from the Department of Justice and the White House. Then came a massive backlash to that decision from the American people especially in New York and other locations affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Following that you can bet that the White House and the Democrats ducked, and told the Secretary of Defense to revoke the plea deals, as White House and the Democrats realized that them reaching a deal with the 9/11 terrorists during the run-up to the November election could well cause Harris to crash and burn in that election. So in the end that General who approved the deal with the 9/11 terrorists is being flipped into a scapegoat, with the White House and the Democrats ducking the issue entirely.
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