The Pentagon will appeal a military judge’s ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not have the power to throw out plea deals reached earlier this year in the long-stalled cases against the accused planners of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, intensifying an unusual standoff over a seminal terrorism case.
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Pentagon to appeal ruling that affirms plea deals for 9/11 defendants
The move intensifies a confrontation between the military court and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who opposes the Guantánamo court deal.
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