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Source: stefanik.house.gov - Biden set to release attempted 9/11 hijacker Qahtani to Saudi Arabia

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plans to release Mohammed al-Qahtani from Guantánamo Bay to Saudi Arabia:

“Joe Biden continues to show weakness on the world stage. This time, by releasing a co-conspirator in the 9/11 hijacking that took 3,000 lives, Mohammed al-Qahtani, to Saudi Arabia. It is absolutely appalling that the President would release a known terrorist out of U.S. custody. Allowing this 9/11 co-conspirator to walk free is turning a blind eye to the horror the 9/11 hijackers reaped on the world, and especially New Yorkers. While we will never forget the tragedy and loss of life of 9/11, Joe Biden is turning his back on the thousands of families who lost loved ones on that fateful morning over 20 years ago.”

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Source: NYT (Pay wall, sorry)

In 2001, US immigration authorities wouldn't let him in, so he missed the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania.

Suspected of being Al Qaeda's intended 20th hijacker in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he was tortured by military interrogators early in his detention at the American naval base in Cuba.

A senior Pentagon official later determined that, because of how Mr. Qahtani was initially treated, he could not be prosecuted. Security officials also considered him too dangerous to release, so he has remained detained for two decades.

On Friday, the Pentagon said that a parole-like board had recommended repatriating Mr. Qahtani to Saudi Arabia to a custodial rehabilitation and mental health care program for extremists.

The Biden administration is expected to send him there as early as March.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Look how this administration treats its own citizens that have a different political orientation, then compare it to those who have sought to or actually have caused harm to this nation and its citizens. It’s weird isn’t it?

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Originally posted by konata88:

It’s outrageous and sickening. I wonder what he’s personally getting out of this. Public office is all about benefits for him personally, not for the country or even his party.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
The only hope I have is that 20 years in prison left this guy with a serious case of mental illness, one that will leave him begging in the street and smoking camel, goat, and sheep feces for the incredible flavor.