Military prosecutors and attorneys for five defendants charged for their roles in the 9/11 attacks are negotiating potential plea deals that could take the death penalty off the table and keep the detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba open for the future.
, CBS News has confirmed that military prosecutors and attorneys for five defendants charged for their roles in the attacks are negotiating potential plea deals that could take the death penalty off the table and keep the detention camp at the military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, open for the foreseeable future.
The possibility of a plea deal has angered the families of some 9/11 victims, including Debra Burlingame, whose brother, pilot Charles"Chic" Burlingame, was killed when al Qaeda terrorists took over his plane, American Airlines Flight 77, and crashed it into the Pentagon. "Mr. al-Baluchi's number one priority is obtaining medical care for his torture," Connell continued."In order to get that medical care, he is willing to plead guilty to a substantial sentence at Guantanamo in exchange for a guarantee of medical care and dropping the death penalty.
"He had told us that his head was bashed against a wall repeatedly until he saw sparks and fainted," Pradhan said."The result of that is, as we've had several medical experts examine him, is lasting brain damage ."
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