War Secretary Pete Hegseth has appointed Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg to take charge of the war crimes case involving the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, giving him the authority to determine whether the Pentagon should negotiate a plea deal that would avoid a full death-penalty trial, The New York Times reported Monday.
The move was detailed in a Nov. 10 memo reviewed by the Times.
Hegseth’s decision effectively removes oversight from Susan Escallier, a retired Army general and Pentagon lawyer who handled the case.
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