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Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

US secretary of defense pulls rank and withdraws agreements for trio accused of involvement in 2001 terror attacks

The Guardian - US

US Scraps Plea Deal With 9/11 Mastermind

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on Guantánamo Bay: betraying the victims of terrorism too

Editorial: The US has reached a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others accused of the 9/11 attacks, but the camp will persist

The Guardian - UK

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The 9/11 Plotters Should Have Been Found Guilty in a Real Court

War on Terror fears and the CIA’s torture program kept Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of civilian courts—and prevented true justice from being served.

Reason

Republicans blast Biden administration’s ‘plea deal with terrorists’ that spared 9/11 plotters from execution

Rumors about the plea deal have been around since 2018

The Independent UK

First Thing: Chief 9/11 plotter pleads guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal

In exchange for removing the death penalty as a possible punishment, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other accused plead guilty. Plus, extreme heat at the Olympics

The Guardian - UK

Three men accused of plotting 9/11 reach plea deal to avoid death penalty

A man accused of masterminding the 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, along with two of his accomplices

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US reaches plea deals with 9/11 accused, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Mohammed and two other defendants likely to enter formal plea next week over attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Al Jazeera

US Reaches Plea Deal With 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

US reaches plea deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others, avoiding death penalty.

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US Says Plea Deal Reached With 9/11 Mastermind

US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial.

International Business Times

Three accused 9/11 plotters plead guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal – prosecutors

Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed among trio to plead guilty to conspiracy in exchange for life sentence

The Guardian - US

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families

Plea agreements under consideration may mean that the suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants never face the death penalty

The Independent UK

This 9/11 suspect and ‘torture prop’ has spent 20 years in Guantánamo. Is he nearing a deal with the US?

Ammar al-Baluchi was a human experiment for interrogators learning brutal techniques. Now prosecutors have proposed a plea bargain

The Guardian - US

Washington Steps Up Efforts to Close Guantanamo

US President Joe Biden’s administration is revamping its efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by appointing a senior diplomat to oversee detainee transfers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The new special representative, Tina Kaidanow, a State Department official, has been chosen to review the case files of…

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‘Disgusting’ plea deal could be in works for 9/11 mastermind in Guantanamo Bay

A possible plea deal with five remaining al-Qaida terrorists locked up in Guantanamo Bay has some in the 9/11 community reeling just as the anniversary of the terror attack marked its 21st year.

Al Jazeera

‘Tremendous blemish’: No trial decades after Sept 11 attacks

Relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims have long hoped a trial would bring closure and resolve unanswered questions.

The Independent UK

CIA ‘queen of torture’ from Zero Dark Thirty is now an online beauty influencer

Alfreda Scheuer, played by Jessica Chastain in 2012 movie, has given herself career makeover to help ‘midlife women’, writes Justin Vallejo.

Bangkok Post

Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison

WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him…

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Reuters

Exclusive-Ex-CIA analyst says she ‘got bloodied’ in tangled U.S. war on Al Qaeda

In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.

The Guardian - US

Accused 9/11 plotters reportedly in talks over deal to avoid death penalty trial

New York Times reports talks under way for plea agreement that could bring an end to one of biggest criminal cases in US history

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