Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, accused of orchestrating the U.S.S. Cole bombing in 2000, signed a plea deal to avoid a death-penalty trial, as revealed by his attorney during pretrial hearings. His lawyer reported a chaotic environment caused by impending budget cuts affecting military commission proceedings. With Nashiri in U.S. custody since 2002 and his case being the longest-running death-penalty case at Guantanamo, the plea offer awaits consideration from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose military command has not yet formally reviewed it.
A Saudi prisoner accused of plotting Al Qaeda's bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in 2000 has signed an offer to plead guilty to avoid a death-penalty trial.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would be considering the plea offer under the current formula for the military commission system, but the military chain of command hasn't sent it to him yet.
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