In a painful perversion of justice, the U.S. agreed to a plea deal with terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his two accomplices that spares them the death penalty for the murders of nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.
The long-suffering family members of the victims expected and deserved justice, but many will be left angry and disappointed by their own government’s craven surrender.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell properly expressed the outrage felt by others when he said...