9/11 families outraged after alleged mastermind and two others reach deal: ‘We need our day in court’

Families of 9/11 victims are outraged after the Defense Department announced Wednesday that it had reached settlements with three alleged terrorists accused of planning the attacks, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is believed to have masterminded the tragedy.

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Brett Eagleson, who lost his father in the tragic September 11 attacks 23 years ago, responded to the news on “Fox & Friends First,” demanding that government officials investigate Saudi Arabia’s involvement in facilitating the terrorist attack.

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“It’s just horrific and shocking,” Eagleson told Todd Piro on Thursday. “And yesterday I sat with over 500 family members in the Southern District of Federal Court in Manhattan, where we’ve waited 23 years for a trial in this court, and we learned about the entire role that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia played. We finally got access to documents that … the FBI and the DOJ finally shared with us.”

“They can’t lock up these animals and not let them see trial,” Eagleson said. “America was founded on the principles of justice. We need a lawsuit. We need a day in court and we need a hearing. You can’t lock these people up without hearing what they have to say.”

Prosecutors have reached settlements with three of the initiators. September 11 terrorist attacks who are awaiting trial in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Wednesday.

Susan Escallier, Director General of the Military Commissions, has reached pre-trial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, the Department of Defense has announced.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but the terror suspects will avoid the death penalty, the Office of Military Commissions (OMC) told three relatives of 9/11 victims. New York Post reported.

Eagleson stressed, however, that discovering how Saudi Arabia helped terrorists is crucial for the families of 9/11 victims.

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“We want to know what the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia did,” Eagleson said. “We want to know what they did. Look, everything we’ve uncovered says the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia played a significant role. We now know that 30 individuals helped Saudi government officials facilitate and support the hijackers on 9/11. These individuals know the truth about what really happened on 9/11.”

“It’s not like 19 people with no English, no experience in Western culture, no money, and no idea how to fly an airplane were able to come together and carry out the most devastating and consequential attack in the history of this country without anyone’s help,” he continued.

“And it was discovered that they had significant assistance. They had assistance from the Saudi government.”

The defendants are accused of providing training, financial support and other assistance to 19 terrorists who on September 11, 2001, hijacked passenger planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Almost 3,000 people died in the attacks worst terrorist attack on American soil in American history. Relatives of the victims expressed outrage after hearing news of the agreement.

They are scheduled to be sentenced at Guantanamo Bay on August 5.

“Whether they live or die, I don’t care,” Eagleson said. “God will judge. If they want to rot in a jail cell… if they want to be martyrs… maybe living and rotting in a jail cell is the right way to go, but I don’t take a position on life and death that’s beyond my competence.”

“I want to know what these people know about what the Saudi government did to kill my father,” he continued.

Louis Casiano of Fox News contributed to this report.

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