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Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78

He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.

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Thomas A. Durkin in 2012. “He represented the damned of the earth,” a colleague said.
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Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official.

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Camp Justice at the U.S. naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2023.
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Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case

The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official.

© Marisa Schwartz Taylor/The New York Times

Camp Justice at the U.S. naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2023.
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