Reporter explains ‘abrupt’ decision to revoke plea deal for 9/11 plotters

In a suprise memo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin abruptly revoked a plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks and his co-conspirators. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports, and then CNN's Kaitlan Collins discusses with Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY). #CNN #News

[DannyYankou]

There should've never been a plea deal in the first place. I'm glad this was reversed.

[mikegetsi]

WTF The mastermind between 911 hasn't been tried yet? Didn't that happen like 23 years ago?

[jerrystaley]

How long does it take to render Justice? The crime(s) happened almost 24 years ago!

[sybr]

Imagine you are tutored (water boarding) and then you are asked the same question everyday for 20 years. You will lose your sanity and start to think that you plotted 9/11 as charged. In American you are innocent until proven guilty. But in military court, you are tortured until you admit guilt.

[netsiteing]

how and why the US tax payers are still paying for people like this to stay in jail?

[jacobschneider]

What's behind it, one word,
politics.

[clydecessna]

Meeks brings great shame on himself by advocating a lifetime of torture.

[ryandegannes]

Notwithstanding the fact that "enhanced interrogation" was used, how is it that after 23 yrs the only actionable evidence is a confession?

[exposingthetruth]

Ron Jeremy was the mastermind? Thats scary stuff

[davemustang]

i'm so pissed. If they didn't waterboard the confession out of him this would have been settled over a decade ago

[skn]

Why has it taken so long to bring these guys to trial?

[carlosdangerfield]

After killing millions and losing 10Ks of soldiers...

[blanegraham]

You can't get them to plead guilty if your offer is the death penalty.

[kevinjenner]

Guantanamo Bay, where individuals were held indefinitely, without charge, while simultaneously being tortured by the CIA…Global Symbol of Injustice

[OscarMartinez-intj]

The mastermind is sitting in a palace in Saudi Arabia

[nannerz]

They refuse plea deals for for so much less on a regular basis in the US why would they ever consider a plea deal for these monsters

[AustinthGenTexan]

Really bad timing with the presidential election coming up... 👎🏻

[rainmanjr]

She really is pathetic going back to the death penalty after he had just explained his view.

[davidstephenball-romney]

No legitimate plea deal can be made on behalf of those negotiating from a position of extreme and prolonged duress.

[saudasif]

Just appalled by the fact that they even have the audacity to even think about offering a plea deal. I feel like it id 3rd world judicial system that it took them 27years to conclude it and even that on a wrong judgement. It is beyond pathetic