A judge’s decision to allow plea deals in three 9/11 cases sets up a confrontation with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who opposes the Guantánamo court ruling.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants ...

The Defense Department will appeal a military judge’s ruling about plea agreements by three defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, official says. Nov. 9, 2024 ...

An order from Austin made public late Friday, in which he said he was revoking approval of the plea bargain and personally assuming that decision-making authority in the 9/11 case, upended the deal.

A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks.

Plea deals for 3 defendants behind the 9/11 attacks are back on the table A Guantanamo Bay detention camp judge has reinstated plea deals with three Sept. 11 defendants, ruling that Defense ...

A Gitmo judge has reinstated plea deals with three 9/11 defendants, ... About 3,000 people were killed in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the plane crash in Pennsylvania.

Pentagon to appeal ruling that affirms plea deals for 9/11 defendants. The move intensifies a confrontation between the military court and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who opposes the ...

A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U ...

The Pentagon chief abruptly canceled the plea agreements in August amid outcry from some 9/11 families, New York firefighters and Republican lawmakers, citing authority granted to him under the ...

Pentagon to appeal ruling that affirms plea deals for 9/11 defendants Nov. 9, 2024 Updated Sat., Nov. 9, 2024 at 6:48 p.m. U.S. Defense Minister Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference after ...