Appeals court, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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A Pentagon official reached the agreement with the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and two other men on July 31. Lloyd J. Austin III, then the secretary of defense, moved to withdraw from the ...
WASHINGTON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of Al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
The accused mastermind of 9/11 has accepted a plea deal to avoid a death penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay—and instead will be sentenced to a year for each life he claimed: 2,976 in total ...
Under the agreement, the three men — including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind — will serve life in prison but avoid a death-penalty trial.