Pentagon chief says he has not changed position on Guantanamo Bay plea deals


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  • Friday, 08 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: The exterior of Camp Delta is seen at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 6, 2013. The facility is operated by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo and holds prisoners who have been captured in the war in Afghanistan and elsewhere since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Picture taken March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong/File Photo

MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he still believed he should be the one to decide the fate of plea deals for the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks and two accomplices held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Earlier this year Austin rescinded plea deals that the Pentagon had entered into with the trio, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

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