A plea deal with five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks has been revoked after families of the victims complained about its leniency. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked the pre-trial agreement that had been reached the accused earlier in the week. In a memo, Austin said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the military court who signed the agreement. Although the exact details of the original plea deal were not released, local reports suggested a guilty plea came in exchange for the prosecution agreeing not to seek the death penalty. In the memo, Austin named f…
