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 ...

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the ...

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 plea deal reached this week with the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, along with two of his alleged accomplices, has been retracted, the Pentagon announced Friday.. In a memo, Defense ...

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 ...

The Pentagon intends to challenge a recent ruling by a military court that deemed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to invalidate plea deals for several accused 9/11 co-conspirators ...

Unless government prosecutors or others attempt to challenge the plea deals again, McCall’s ruling means that the three 9/11 defendants before long could enter guilty pleas in the U.S. military ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has taken action to revoke plea agreements that would have allowed alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his accomplices to avoid a death penalty ...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba agreed to the plea deals with federal prosecutors. Mohammed is the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on ...

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 Guantanamo Bay detention camp judge has reinstated plea deals with three Sept. 11 defendants, ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was wrong to rescind them.

News; Nation/World; 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 ...