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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

During Wednesday's hearing, attorneys for the 9/11 defendants argued that the plea deal should still be considered in place. They also contended that Austin violated military rules by halting the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...