Defense Sec­re­tary Austin tak­en by sur­prise upon news of 9/11 plea deals: ‘not con­sult­ed’

Defense Sec­re­tary Lloyd Austin was sur­prised by news of a deal struck between pros­e­cu­tors and the mas­ter­mind and two oth­ers who planned the Sept. 11 attacks. “This is not some­thing that the sec­re­tary was con­sult­ed on,” Pen­ta­gon press sec­re­tary Sab­ri­na Singh told reporters dur­ing a Mon­day brief­ing. “We were not aware that the pros­e­cu­tion or defense would enter the terms of the plea agreement.“The Biden admin­is­tra­tion revoked the deal amid pub­lic out­rage and anger from loved ones of the vic­tims. PHILADELPHIA MAYOR’S SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SPARKS SPECULATION OF LEAKED KAMALA HARRIS RUNNING MATE“He believes that the fam­i­lies and the Amer­i­can pub­lic deserve the oppor­tu­ni­ty to see mil­i­tary com­mis­sion tri­als car­ried out in this case,” said Singh.Austin revoked the agree­ment l …