Defense counsel for the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo Bay claimed Wednesday that a move by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to revoke a previously-agreed-upon plea deal violated military regulations and exposed the system as “corrupt.”
“We have had an unprecedented act by a government official to pull back what was a valid agreement … For us, it raises very serious questions about continuing to engage in a system that seems so obviously corrupt and rigged,” Walter Ruiz, defense counsel for Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, said during a hearing at Guantanamo on Wednesday.
One of the primary issues pointed to on Wednesday by defense counsel was a regulation laid out in the military’s Manual for Military Commissions, which says the convening authority can withdraw a pretrial agreement before the accused begins “performance of promises” or if the accused does not hold up their end of the deal.
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