US secretary of defense pulls rank and withdraws agreements for trio accused of involvement in 2001 terror attacks
The 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.
