WHAT are they not telling us about the 9/11 mastermind plea deal?



September 11, 2001, saw the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the United States, killing nearly 3,000 American citizens.

And yet, the masterminds behind the onslaught — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his accomplices — have accepted plea deals.

What Are They NOT Telling Us About the 9/11 Mastermind Plea Deal?youtu.be

“What they've done is in exchange for the removal of the death penalty as a possible punishment,” says Glenn Beck, who can’t believe these three men “haven’t even been tried yet.”

According to the report, “These three accused have agreed to plead guilty to all of the charged defenses, including the murder of 2,976 people listed in the charge sheet.”

“Now if there is anyone that deserves execution, I think it's somebody who killed 3,000 people” and “perpetrated the largest terrorist attack the world had seen,” says Glenn.

Stu Burguiere points out that the lack of a trial denies the families of the victims a critical component of their “closure process.”

“He just gets to say ‘I’m guilty’ and it’s over,” he says.

“What would be another reason not to have a trial?” asks Glenn.

“Some might think that if an entire trial were to go on, we might learn some things about how the government handled this situation, who they were dealing with, what arrangements were made for government officials from other countries. There's maybe something they might not want us to know about,” says Stu.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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Brittney Griner Had Better Earn Her Freedom

Marine veteran Paul Whelan was left to rot in a Russian prison while WNBA star Brittney Griner was released.

Paul Whelan speaks out, expresses frustration with Biden for not securing his freedom: 'I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here'



Detained American Paul Whelan expressed frustration on Thursday that President Joe Biden has not done more to secure his release from a Russian prison.

Hours after the U.S. government announced Brittney Griner had been freed in a controversial prisoner swap, Whelan spoke with CNN from the high-security penal colony where he is imprisoned in eastern Russia.

"I am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release, especially as the four-year anniversary of my arrest is coming up," Whelan said.

At the announcement of Griner's release, Biden claimed Russia is treating Whelan's case differently, and, according to CNN, Russia is refusing to negotiate Whelan's release. But according to Whelan, he was told negotiations had been moving in the right direction.

"I was led to believe that things were moving in the right direction and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon," he told CNN.

"I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here," he exclaimed.

The prisoner for whom Russia exchanged Griner is Viktor Bout — otherwise known as "the Merchant of Death" — a notorious international arms dealer who was imprisoned in the U.S. for conspiring to kill Americans and for providing material aid to a terrorist organization. The seriousness of Bout's crimes is precisely why Whelan, and most people for that matter, had believed Bout would be traded for Whelan.

Whelan has maintained his innocence.

"It’s quite obvious that I’m being held hostage," Whelan told CNN.

What do US officials say?

Government officials say that Moscow offered an ultimatum: Take home Griner in exchange for Bout or take home no one.

"This was not a situation where we had a choice of which American to bring home. It was a choice between bringing home one particular American — Brittney Griner — or bringing home none," a senior Biden administration official told CNN.

Whelan, a decorated former U.S. Marine, was arrested in December 2018 while visiting Moscow. He was later convicted of espionage, charges the U.S. claims are a sham, and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison.

NBC News tried covertly revising article that originally contradicted White House claim that Biden admin had a choice between WNBA's Griner and Marine Paul Whelan



NBC News issued a report contradicting the Biden administration's official narrative concerning the government's prisoner swap with Russia. Apparently hoping no one would take notice, the news organization quickly changed its original report without signaling it had done so.

While ostensibly intended to buttress the Biden administration's claims about its inability to bring home former Marine Paul Whelan, NBC News' stealth edit has prompted some to wonder what actually went on behind the scenes.

Only after being met with criticism online and a request for comment from TheBlaze did the news organization offer a retroactive correction hours later.

What are the details?

In its Dec. 8 prisoner swap with Russia, the Biden administration ultimately exchanged Viktor Bout, who conspired to kill Americans, for lesbian basketballer Brittney Griner.

The White House suggested that the Biden administration never had a choice to bring home Whelan from Russia — that "the choice became to either bring Brittany home or no one."

However, NBC News, citing a senior U.S. official, first reported that the "Kremlin gave the White House the choice of either Griner or Whelan — or none."

Rikki Ratliff-Fellman, director of programming at Blaze Media, noted a significant discrepancy between NBC News' original report and the article as it now exists online.

Without issuing an editorial note, NBC News made a stealthy change to the article, such that it now reads, "The Kremlin ultimately gave the White House the choice of either Griner or no one after different options were proposed."

Ratliff-Fellman highlighted the changes in a Tweet, posing the question, "Why the cover-up?"

\u201cIt appears @NBCNews made a MAJOR change to their Griner story WITHOUT an editorial note. It changes the context of the prisoner trade story and takes heat off of White House. Why the cover-up?\u201d
— Reality Czar Rikki (@Reality Czar Rikki) 1670529082

This alteration to the article changes the entire narrative.

It also happens to buttress the tale told by President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other members of the administration and mainstream media.

Biden said, "This was not a choice of which American to bring home. ... Sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons, Russia is treating Paul's case differently than Brittney's."

\u201cJoe Biden:\n\n"This was not a choice of which American to bring home."\u201d
— TheBlaze (@TheBlaze) 1670516074

Blinken said, "This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none."

\u201c.@SecBlinken: "This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none." https://t.co/zY0wl6Fe2e\u201d
— The Hill (@The Hill) 1670524260

Jean-Pierre recycled the line, saying, "The choice was bring Brittney home or no one. The president will never stop working to secure Paul Whelan's release."

Perhaps providing a rationale behind what NBC News originally reported was a binary decision, Jean-Pierre said that Griner is "an important role model; an inspiration to millions of Americans particularly the LGBTQI+ Americans and women of color."

\u201cJean-Pierre:\n\n"The choice was bring Brittney home or no one. The president will never stop working to secure Paul Whelan's release."\u201d
— TheBlaze (@TheBlaze) 1670529390

An entire paragraph concerning Whelan's notification in prison about the "outcome of the negotiations" was also was initially added without editorial note to the NBC News article in addition to the stealth edit.

TheBlaze reached out to NBC News with regards to its changes, asking why it originally failed to highlight the change with an editorial note, whether someone at the White House asked for the change, whether its original source had recanted or stood by its initial claim, and whether its continue to stand by its source.

While NBC News failed to respond to TheBlaze at the time of this writing, it did however issue a correction at 4:09 p.m. on Thursday claiming that "an earlier version of this article misstated the choice the Biden administration was given over hostages. It was to swap for Griner or no one, not a choice between Griner or Whelan."

Notwithstanding

Despite the stealth edit and the subsequent correction, the NBC News article still references remarks made by Whelan's lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov.

Zherebenkov indicated that the deal involved a choice and implied that it was between the former Marine and the basketballer.

The lawyer said the exchange was a "one to one" and that "choosing Griner appeared 'more humane' because she is a woman and an Olympic champion, while Whelan was in the military and it is 'easier for him to be in custody.'

Although happy about Griner's release, Whelan told CNN, “I am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release, especially as the four year anniversary of my arrest is coming up.”

Whelan suggested that he was "led to believe that things were moving in the right direction, and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon."

Whelan is a former Marine who served in Iraq. He has been detained in Russia since December 2018 and was convicted by a Moscow court of espionage in 2020.

Griner, a basketballer who refused to stand for the American national anthem during home openers in 2020, was arrested in February on smuggling charges after traveling to Russia with cannabis oil in her luggage.

David Whelan, the American hostage's brother, told reporters, "It is so important to me that it is clear that we do not begrudge Ms. Griner her freedom. ... As I have often remarked, Brittney's and Paul's cases were never really intertwined. It has always been a strong possibility that one might be freed without the other."

Whitlock: Russia uses Brittney Griner to fleece President Biden in the ‘Bay of BiG’



The Bay of BiG proves that critical race theory and diversity, inclusion, and equity harm America and its citizens.

The Bay of BiG is my nickname for the lopsided trade the Biden administration executed for the release of WNBA player Brittney “Incarcerated” Griner. Griner was held for nine months in Russia and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for smuggling a small amount of hashish oil. President Biden surrendered notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Griner’s freedom.

An American jury convicted Bout, called the Merchant of Death, of conspiring to kill American citizens and providing aid to terrorist organizations. He spent a decade locked inside a U.S. penitentiary before being sprung on Thursday in exchange for Griner.

The Merchant of Death for a WNBA player might be the worst trade in the history of American sports. It certainly rivals the incredible bounty of draft picks the Vikings gave the Cowboys for Herschel Walker and the $125,000 the Yankees gave the Red Sox for Babe Ruth.

Let’s dig a little deeper and turn a bit more serious.

In 2015, Griner pled guilty to domestic violence against her partner and WNBA peer Glory Johnson. In 2020, in reaction to the death of St. George Floyd, Griner pledged never again to stand for the national anthem and said the song had no place in American sports.

Griner is not an American patriot. She’s an entitled, spoiled athlete who is comfortable flouting the law.

So why did her release from a Russian prison take precedence over the release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan? Or teacher Marc Fogel? Russia accuses Whelan of being a spy. Fogel received a 14-year sentence in Russia for bringing a half-ounce of medical marijuana into the country. Fogel, who is 60 years old, was arrested in 2021.

Griner jumped to the head of the line because the Biden administration and corporate media are driven by critical race theory and diversity, inclusion, and equity.

CRT and DIE dictated that Biden go to unreasonable and dangerous lengths to win the release of Griner. She’s black and gay. She’s no more valuable to American freedom and safety than Whelan or Fogel, who are white men. Whelan and Fogel – a Marine and a teacher – actually contribute more to American society than a weed-smoking basketball player who promotes anti-American sentiment.

Whelan and Fogel should be the priority.

But absolutely no one cares about Fogel. He can rot in a Russian prison for the next 13 years, and it will draw little attention or sympathy.

The Griner trade will force the Biden administration to cut an even worse trade for Whelan. The wheels are in motion for that as you read this. Brittney Griner’s “wife” talked about supporting Whelan. Leftists are publicly feigning support for Whelan now that Griner is released.

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons, arguably the best player in football, tweeted sincere outrage over Whelan not being part of the Griner deal. His handlers quickly made him backtrack and apologize.

“Just spoke to some people that I respect and trust,” Parsons tweeted. “I should have been more educated on the topic and not tweeted out of emotion for my family and others who have served. For that I apologize. Also, if what I’m told about the attempts to bring Ret Marine Paul Whelan home are true then the best outcome was accomplished. I pray Mr. Whelan comes home but am extremely happy for Brittney and her family. I am not too prideful to admit when I’ve made a mistake.”

This is the LGBTQ-BLM Alphabet Mafia flexing its political might.

Are Americans stronger and safer when our leaders make decisions based on sexuality and skin color? No. We’re weaker. Russian leader Vladimir Putin used our commitment to racial and sexual idolatry to fleece us in a trade. There are rumors that Putin targeted Griner for arrest because he recognized the Biden administration would be forced to bow to pressure from the Alphabet Mafia.

On Thursday, Biden warned American citizens traveling abroad to take extra precaution to follow all laws of foreign countries. He knows the Bay of BiG has made all Americans more vulnerable.

Simple-minded race idolators will not recognize the damage done by the Bay of BiG. The damage doesn’t matter to them. They only care about racial retribution. Whelan and Fogel are so-called privileged white men.

Brittney Griner is allegedly owed this privilege. It’s payback for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, or some other dead black person the Alphabet Mafia has adopted for political power.

CRT and DIE have weakened our educational system, our work environments, movies, and television. We should not be surprised that foreign policy is next on the hit list.

Family Of Ex-Marine Left Behind In Russia ‘Devastated’ After Brittney Griner Released In High-Level Prisoner Swap

'The deal that was possible'