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Pentagon chief revokes plea deal with three Sept. 11 suspects

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked a plea deal that would have spared three suspects from the death penalty in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Austin took control of pre-trial agreements, removing authority from Susan Escallier.
The original deal, announced on July 31, would have granted life sentences to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his accomplices.

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Staten Island Advance

Pentagon revokes plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind, two other defendants

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, reinstating them as death-penalty cases.The move comes two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced that the official appointed to oversee the war court, retired Brig. Gen. Susan Escallier, had approved plea deals with Khalid Shei…

7 months ago·Richmond County, United States

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Penn Live

U.S. defense secretary revokes plea deal for 9/11 mastermind, accomplices

The case returns to its original status as a death-penalty trial instead of allowing the men to serve life in prison.

7 months ago·Harrisburg, United States

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West Hawaii Today

Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sept. 11 suspects - West Hawaii Today

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two accomplices, who are held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

7 months ago

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Defense secretary revokes plea deal for accused Sept. 11 plotters - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III on Friday overruled the overseer of the war court at Guantánamo Bay and revoked a plea agreement reached this week with the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two alleged accomplices.

7 months ago

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Dawn

US scraps plea deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table. Deals with Mohammed and two alleged accomplices announced on Wednesday had appeared to have moved their long-running cases toward resolution — but sparked anger among some relatives of those killed on Sept 11, 2001, as we…

7 months ago·Pakistan

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Pentagon chief revokes plea deal with three Sept. 11 suspects

(Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a plea deal agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices, according to a memorandum signed by Austin on Friday.

7 months ago·Malaysia

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