Secretary Austin reserves authority on 9/11 military commission pre-trial agreements

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Secretary Austin reserves authority on 9/11 military commission pre-trial agreements

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Secretary Austin signed a memo reserving for himself the specific authority to enter into pre-trial agreements with the accused in the 9/11 military commission cases. Additionally, as the superior convening authority, the Secretary has withdrawn from the pre-trial agreements that were previously signed in those cases.

The memo can be found here.

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