A U.S. military court ruled that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin improperly revoked plea agreements for three men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks. Austin had acted to unravel the deals in August, but the Court of Military Commission Review found he lacked the authority to do so after the agreements were already in progress. The court emphasized that Austin's intervention was unprecedented and unjust.
A U.S. military court on Monday upheld a judge’s ruling that said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acted improperly this year when he invalidated plea agreements for three men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks. The Court of Military Commission Review heard an appeal that sought to preserve Austin's move in August to unravel the plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
Schenck wrote in her opinion, with the two other judges concurring, that Austin’s intervention in existing pretrial agreements was “without precedent.” The Defense Department did not provide a comment on the ruling Tuesday. The ruling affirms a lower court's finding last month that the three defendants should be allowed to move forward with their plea deals. All three stand accused of aiding, abetting and conspiring to carry out the attacks on the World Trade Center and other sites on Sept.
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