A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid, voiding an order by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to throw out the deals, a government official said Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the order by the judge, Air Force […]

A judge at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has ruled that plea bargains struck by alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others were valid, blocking an order by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to throw out the...

The plea deals, which were struck in July 2024, had originally spared Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi from facing the death penalty in exchange for pleading guilty. 

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawasawi all agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence earlier this year.

A Guantanamo Bay judge contradicted Pentagon commands by reinstating the controversial plea bargains of 9/11 terrorists, according to the Associated Press.