OFF THE TABLE--AUSTIN REVOKES 9/11 TERRORISTS PLEA DEAL IN SHOCKING REVERSAL, ASSORTED ARTICLES

--NY POST, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for accused 9/11 terrorists in shocking reversal ByVictor Nava,Craig McCarthy, Larry Celona and Chris Nesi, Published Aug. 2, 2024...Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on Friday revoked the shocking plea deals that would have spared the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two alleged accomplices. In an official memo, Austin, 70, announced he had relieved the official responsible for signing off on the widely criticized plea agreements from authority and would instead assert his own authority in the matter. “I have determined that, in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pre-trial agreements with the accused in the above-referenced case, responsibility for such a decision should rest with me as the superior convening authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2009,” Austin wrote. MORE AT Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for 9/11 terrorists in shocking reversal (nypost.com)

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--BREITART, The Biden-Harris administration revoked a plea deal with the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after bipartisan blowback against the agreement. The administration announced the original deal, which would have taken the death penalty off the table for the terrorists, only two days before its revocation. The deal immediately met overwhelming bipartisan blowback. MORE AT Kamala's Radical Islamic Terrorists Deal Revoked in Friday Night Surprise (breitbart.com)

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--NY TIMES, Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused Sept. 11 Plotters - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

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--NY DAILY NEWS Defense Secretary Austin revokes plea deals for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and accomplices (nydailynews.com)

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USA TODAY Plea deal for 9/11 mastermind rejected, death penalty back on table (usatoday.com)