Defense attorneys said Wednesday they would challenge Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea deal with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his co-defendants. Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi had agreed last week to a plea deal that took the death penalty off the table in the attack that killed nearly 3,000 people. The three had been slated to enter guilty pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in return for life in prison. ...
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Now, instead of only playing defense against Chinese technology, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Todd Young (R-IN) have teamed up to support the Endless Frontier Act (Act). Originally...
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”); Brian J. Solecki, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office of the U.S. Department of Defense - Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (“DCIS”); and Christopher Algieri, the Special Agent in C...