(The Center Square) – Military officials cut a pre-trial deal with three men accused of helping plan the Sept. 11 terror attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
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, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case. All three were set to go on trial for their alleged roles in the attack at Guantanamo Bay.
“The specific terms and conditions of the pretrial agreements are not available to the public at this time,” according to a statement from the Pentagon.
The three accused, along with Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Ramzi Bin al Shibh, were initially charged jointly and arraigned on June 5, 2008, and then were again charged jointly and arraigned a second time on May 5, 2012, in connection with their alleged roles in the September 11, 2001, attacks against the United States.
Of course they cut a deal. They don’t want the truth to come out during trial cross examinations. Why in God’s name did it take this many years to almost come to trial? Easy. Those that planned and executed this pinnacle of treason held fast to the belief that time would dissolve the truth. It hasn’t and it won’t. The keystone clue: Nothing, including the jet fuel, in the Trade Center would have burned hot enough to weaken the steel skeleton enough to cause catastrophic buckling.