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Pentagon files emergency appeal in last-ditch effort to halt 9/11 plea deals 

In the Biden administration’s latest filing, Brian Fletcher, the Justice Department’s principal deputy solicitor general, argued that the case involving the three 9/11 plotters is of “ unique national importance” and Lloyd Austin’s authority as defense secretary was “improperly curtailed” in the previous court rulings.