... J Wells Dixon, a staff lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights who has represented defendants at Guantanamo as well as other detainees there who have been cleared of any wrongdoing, had welcomed the plea bargains as the only feasible way to resolve the long-stalled and legally fraught 9/11 cases.

On Friday, Dixon accused Austin of “bowing to political pressure and pushing some victim family members over an emotional cliff” by rescinding the plea deals. ...

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