After massive blowback, the Pentagon has changed its policy on vaccinating prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.

“No Guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols. We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe,” press secretary for the Pentagon John Kirby said in a Saturday tweet.

The original policy was going to see prisoners including the alleged mastermind behind 9/11 get vaccines before most Americans.

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A prosecutor in the case against five Gitmo prisoners who allegedly conspired in the 9/11 attacks confirmed the vaccinations will be given to the prisoners. Khalid Shekih Mohammad, the accused mastermind of the horrific 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people is one of the prisoners set for vaccination.

The prosecutor confirmed in an email saying “that an official in the Pentagon has just signed a memo approving the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine to the detainee population in Guantanamo,” according to The Blaze.

DOD officials confirmed that an order was signed that the vaccines will be “offered to all detainees and prisoners,” according to the New York Post.

“It will be administered on a voluntary basis and in accordance with the Department’s priority distribution plan,” spokesman Michael Howard informed the New York Post.

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