Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Talks How He Dealt With 9/11 Conspirators Who Received Settlement

The Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden said the 9/11 plotters should have been tried and executed years ago before receiving the settlement that spared their lives.

Rob O’Neill added that he would have carried out the death penalty himself and said the agreement was a slap in the face to the families of the 2,657 American victims who have been waiting for justice for 23 years.

The 48-year-old served his country in 400 combat missions over 16 years and was involved in perhaps the most famous military strike in American history, which led to the death of the founder of al-Qaeda.

Now he is criticizing the deal in which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) – the architect of the 2001 plot that killed nearly 3,000 people – and two accomplices Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi accepted a life sentence to avoid a lengthy criminal trial and the death penalty.

The trio have been held in Guantanamo Bay for decades and the victims’ relatives are anxiously awaiting answers.

Relatives of the victims reacted angrily when news of the settlement emerged Wednesday night, the day more evidence of Saudi Arabia’s complicity in the September 11 attacks was revealed in a New York courtroom.

O’Neill, a Montana native, and members of SEAL Team Six stormed bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011, and cornered him.

He then claims he shot the world’s most wanted man in the head, ending a global manhunt that had gripped the West for years.

In 2014, he came forward as the man who fired the fatal shots.

O’Neill said the deal, which spared the terrorist planners their lives, was a slap in the face to families who wanted to know more about who was behind the attacks.

He told DailyMail.com that the trio should have been executed years ago and that he would have done it personally to save taxpayers money.

However, he admitted he was not surprised by the terms of the settlement and criticized the Biden administration.

The White House has maintained that the president was not involved in the discussions and was not aware of the agreements made between military prosecutors and the lawyers for the suspected terrorists.

“This proves that we are really bad at remembering our history. Never Forget is forgotten and advocates prove that they will sell their souls to al Qaeda for fame and money.

The White House is also quick to say that the president has nothing to do with this, just as he actually has nothing to do with it at all.

“These three terrorists are responsible for the worst attack in US history and will now spend the rest of their worthless lives on a tropical island.”

It is still unclear where the terrorists will serve their sentences. Joe Biden has wanted to close Guantanamo Bay, where they are being held, since he took office.

If the detention facility on the military base, known as Camp Delta, is closed, the inmates could be transferred to ADX Florence, the only supermax prison in the U.S. that already holds 9/11 terrorists.

O’Neill criticized the lawyers involved in the deal and said the only just outcome for the families now is for the three conspirators to spend the rest of their lives in solitary confinement.

“The lawyers representing them are despicable and the prosecutors are weak. Families of the fallen have waited 23 years for the right verdict and, once again, are being failed by our flawed system.

‘The only reasonable solution would be to lock someone up in cold, silent, dark cells, or to lock someone up while listening to heavy metal.

“But that will never happen. I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the settlement is unlimited sunscreen.

‘President Biden recently freed Mohammed al-Qahtani, the 20th hijacker of 9/11, and Zuhail al-Sharabi, another hijacker, for an expanded version of the 9/11 attacks from Guantanamo Bay. It makes sense that someone in the administration would try to reach a settlement with the mastermind behind the attacks.

‘In 2009, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other thugs responded to the accusations against them by saying: ‘Your killing and fighting, your destruction and your terror’ is ‘considered a great legitimate duty in our religion.’

“They consider the mission ‘blessed’ and they will become martyrs if they are killed. Organize the meeting and let God decide.

“They should have been executed years ago. I personally would have done it and saved taxpayers money at the same time.

“If you need to find President Biden on September 11th of this year, I’ll save you some time: he won’t be at Ground Zero.”

O’Neill completed approximately 400 missions during his illustrious career.

He was part of the mission that rescued Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates and ‘lone survivor’ SEAL Marcus Luttrell in Afghanistan.

In 2011, after a decade of work by multiple U.S. military intelligence agencies, a concrete location of bin Laden’s whereabouts emerged. The story of the CIA agent who doggedly tracked bin Laden inspired the film Zero Dark Thirty.

9/11 Justice President Brett Eagleson expressed the anger many families feel in response to the settlement.

He told DailyMail.com that the relatives were never consulted about the agreement and only found out about it on Wednesday evening.

“We are deeply troubled by these plea agreements. While we recognize the decision to avoid the death penalty, our primary concern remains access to these individuals for information,” he said.

“These settlement proposals must not lead to a system of closed-door agreements in which crucial information is withheld without the victims’ families having the opportunity to know the full truth.”

All three men have been held in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay since the early 2000s. Mohammed, an al-Qaeda militant, is accused of being the chief architect of the September 11 attacks.

The victims’ families feared the settlement would delay the investigation and leave them without a clue as to who was really behind the atrocities.

“We need to know the extent to which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was involved in the 9/11 attacks. This is not just about punishment, but about revealing the truth and ensuring justice for the nearly 3,000 Americans who lost their lives that tragic day,” Eagleson said.

“Our position is clear: if a deal is to be done, we must obtain the essential evidence that these individuals possess.

“We urge the administration to ensure that these deals do not close the door on obtaining crucial information that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s role in the 9/11 attacks. Our quest for justice will not waver until the full truth is revealed and justice is served for the victims and their families.”

Chief Attorney General Aaron Rugh sent a letter to the families of 9/11 victims explaining the settlement.

“In exchange for eliminating the death penalty as a possible punishment, these three defendants have agreed to plead guilty to all charges, including the murders of the 2,976 individuals named in the indictment,” Rugh wrote.

The letter stated that the men could enter their pleas in open court next week.