U.S. military prosecutors are reportedly negotiating potential plea deals with alleged 9/11 conspirer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four other conspirators imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.
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“U.S. military prosecutors are reportedly negotiating potential plea deals with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other conspirators imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.
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The plea deals may allow the five dependents to escape a potential death penalty, according to CBS. Mohammed is widely credited with being the architect of the 9/11 terror attacks. The other four defendants are Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, Walid bin Attash and Ammar al-Baluchi.
Attorneys for the defendants reportedly say they would be willing to enter a guilty plea in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table, as well as for getting treatment for alleged torture they experienced while in CIA custody.
The CIA held each of the five men for interrogation prior to their arrival in Guantanamo in 2006. Critics argue the CIA's methods amounted to illegal torture”. -Anders Hagstrom, Fox News
If it was truly an “open and shut case” like they want everyone to believe, the Bush Administration could have simply prosecuted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at the time. But, they didn't.
Now, we have a situation where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been illegally tortured into providing inadmissible confessions to crimes that are well outside of ordinary limitation periods.
A plea deal was inevitable. Unless you want to jettison the rule of law entirely.