On Thursday, we learned the shocking news that a plea deal had been reached with the attorneys for 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other Al Qaeda accomplices that would spare them the death penalty, instead receiving sentences of life without parole. Relatives of many of the victims of that tragic day immediately protested, declaring that justice must be served. The uproar must have been too much for someone in the administration, because last night, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stepped into the breach and relieved the person responsible for cutting the deal and canceled it. Austin has now assumed direct control of the Convening Authority for Military Commissions. It’s unclear whether Austin took this action on his own authority or if the decision was handed down from the White House, but it appears as if the Biden administration has dodged a politically toxic bullet…
Lloyd Austin on Plea Deal for KSM: Nope – HotAir
