Plea deal reversal for 9/11 terrorists wins praise and demands for justice from victims groups, Republicans
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Sept. 11 victims' families and Republican lawmakers heaped praise on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he reversed a plea agreement for Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and his accomplices.
"Now deliver long awaited justice for 9/11 families," he said. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
Pentagon prosecutors stoked national outrage Thursday when they announced a plea agreement with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, who are awaiting trial in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The terms and conditions of the deal were never disclosed, but it took the death penalty off the table, three relatives of 9/11 victims were told by the Office of Military Commissions (OMC), the New York Post reported.