Biden rejects proposed conditions for plea deal for 9/11 defendants
U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected proposed conditions for a plea deal for five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of aiding in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected proposed conditions for a plea deal for five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of aiding in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council. The defendants had put forward a set of demands as a basis for plea negotiations, known as the "joint policy principles." According to The New York Times, those demands include avoiding solitary confinement and receiving health treatment for injuries the detainees claim were a result of CIA interrogation methods. Biden agreed with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's recommendation not to accept those demands. "The 9/11 attacks were the single worst assault on the United States since Pearl Harbor," the National Security Council spokesperson told ABC Ne...