by Frank Bergman, Slay News:
A terrorist identified as the architect of the 9/11 attacks, along with four other co-conspirators, may have their death penalties overturned, the Pentagon has revealed.
The Department of Defense and the FBI alerted several 9/11 victims’ families that the terrorists who murdered nearly 3,000 Americans may have their death sentences overturned through plea deals.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who suggested the 9/11 attacks to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and then planned the attacks, has been incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for years.
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He has been held at Gitmo along with four other 9/11 terrorists who are also supposed to be facing the death penalty.
However, repeated delays and legal disputes have postponed the death penalty being applied.
No trial date has been set.
“The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into pre-trial agreements,” the August 1 letter sent to the families stated.
It stated that although no plea deal has “been finalized, and may never be finalized, it is possible that a PTA, in this case, would remove the possibility of the death penalty.”
The families were given until Monday, August 21, to respond to the FBI’s victim services division with any comments or questions about the matter.
Some relatives of the people killed in the terror attacks expressed outrage over the prospect of ending the case short of a verdict.
The military prosecutors pledged to take their views into consideration.
Their views will be presented to the military authorities who would make the final decision on accepting any plea agreement.
Jim Riches, a retired deputy fire chief whose son Jimmy was a firefighter who died as a result of the 9/11 attacks, emitted a bitter laugh when he received the letter.
“How can you have any faith in it?” he said.
“Those guys are still alive.
“Our children are dead.”
Former President George W. Bush established the prison and court system at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 following the 9/11/2001 attacks.
However, former President Barack Obama promised to close the center.
During the Obama administration, the number of prisoners was reduced from roughly 250 to 41.
Republicans in Congress blocked Obama’s move to close the detention center.
In early 2021, Democrat President Joe Biden also declared he would close the facility.
