US scraps plea deal with 9/11 mastermind: Pentagon

US scraps plea deal with 9/11 mastermind: Pentagon

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table. Agreements with Mohammed and two alleged accomplices announced Wednesday had appeared to have moved their long-running cases toward … Read more

Accused mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks to plead guilty: Pentagon – National

Accused mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks to plead guilty: Pentagon – National

By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press Posted July 31, 2024 6:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty, the U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices in … Read more