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    Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin



    US secretary of defense pulls rank and withdraws agreements for trio accused of involvement in terror attacksThe US secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, has revoked a plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases, according to a memo sent to Susan Escallier, who is overseeing the war court proceedings.The short-lived deal came 16 years after prosecution of the three men began. Continue reading…



    Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/02/lloyd-austin-revokes-plea-deal-9-11

    Author : Abené Clayton and agencies

    Publish date : 2024-08-03 05:09:09

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