Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode the decision of a military prosecutor to let the terrorists who planned the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks plead guilty and spend life in prison. Austin did not explain his reason for revoking the plea deals, which sparked the anger of lawmakers and surviving family members of 9/11 victims. Terry Strada, who heads the organization 9/11 Families United, told CBS News the plea deals felt like a betrayal. In a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said the...

The move places the death penalty back on the table for the alleged accomplices.

In a quick turn, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked the plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others and said he was now taking oversight of the military tribunal at Guantanamo.

The move once again places the death penalty on the table for Mohammed and the two other alleged 9/11 accomplices.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin revoked plea deals on Friday that would have spared the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two alleged accomplices. In a memo, Austin, 70, announced that he relieved the official responsible for signing off on the plea agreements from duty and that he assumed control of the Convening Authority for Military Commissions. “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...