Biden Administration Quietly Negotiates Plea Deal with 9/11 Terrorists

Marking the solemn annual observance of al-Qaeda’s killing of nearly 3,000 Americans in the 9/11 atrocities, I described the conundrum we’ve wrestled with in the 20-plus years since: What do we do about terrorists who should be put to death but can’t be tried?

Very quietly, President Biden appears poised to answer: We plead them out, taking the death penalty off the table in hopes that a military commission will sentence them to life in prison. (See here and here.)

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Marking the solemn annual observance of al-Qaeda’s killing of nearly 3,000 Americans in the 9/11 atrocities, I described the conundrum we’ve wrestled with in the 20-plus years since: What do we do about terrorists who should be put to death but can’t be tried?

Very quietly, President Biden appears poised to answer: We plead them out, taking the death penalty off the table in hopes that a military commission will sentence them to life in prison. (See here and here.)

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.