Senate Majority Whip and Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., urged Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a letter Wednesday to reconsider his choice to revoke plea deals reached with the accused masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “We have a legal and moral obligation to deliver justice for these family members, rather than…
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News White House claims Biden ‘played no role’ in 9/11 mastermind’s plea deal
The White House said Thursday that President Biden “played no role” in the plea deal process for three of the masterminds behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks. “The White House learned yesterday that the Convening Authority for Military Commissions entered into pretrial agreements, negotiated by military prosecutors, with KSM and other 9/11 defendants,” a White…
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