{"id":"2e6f696a-257d-4f21-a466-48346be067c7","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/politics/supreme-court-backs-pentagon-decision-to-throw-out-plea-khalid-sheikh-mohammed","domain":"cnn.com","outlet":{"name":"CNN","country":"US","cred":3,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Supreme Court backs Pentagon decision to throw out plea deals for 9/11 alleged conspirators","plainHeadline":"Supreme Court denies review of Austin decision to cancel 9/11 plea deals","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Supreme Court declined to review Lloyd Austin's cancellation of plea deals in the 9/11 case.","Austin revoked the agreements that removed the death penalty, signaling authority to cancel.","Appeals argued the DC Circuit overstepped its authority; majority upheld Austin's action.","Pretrial proceedings are set to continue with ongoing military court delays and issues.","Trials have faced years of delay amid debates over torture evidence and admissibility."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T13:37:05.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T14:38:49.241Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/ba35c82c-e04e-43d6-9b48-dfd6bce828e9","storyId":"ba35c82c-e04e-43d6-9b48-dfd6bce828e9","image":"https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/120404051817-khalid-sheikh-mohammed.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","author":"John Fritze","dek":null}