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"Plea Deals for 9/11 Defendants Revoked, Leaving Terror Cases in Limbo Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin withdraws agreements, which puts potential death sentences back in playWASHINGTON—It took more than two years of negotiations between military prosecutors and defense attorneys to reach a plea bargain resolving the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other Guantanamo detainees accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and launched the U.S. into a two-decade war in Afghanistan. It took only two days to rip up the deal after its announcement Wednesday sparked a firestorm of criticism from Republicans accusing the Biden administration of coddling terrorists. Late Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a terse memo canceling the agreement prosecutors had concluded was the best—and perhaps only—way to resolve a case marred by allegations that the U.S. tortured the defendants. The deal would have kept the defendants in prison for life, taking the death penalty off the table in exchange for guilty pleas. " -- Jess Bravin, WSJ
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