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DC Circuit skeptical feds can back out of plea deal with 9/11 plotters

The federal government agreed not to seek the death penalty in a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks — but tried to back out just days later.

NPR · 23d

Guantánamo plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters are halted by federal appeals court

In a highly unusual legal move, the Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to stop alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad from pleading guilty this Friday at Guantánamo-- even though two U.

The Washington Post on MSN · 4d

Appeals court weighs if U.S. can nix accused 9/11 plotters’ plea deal

If the Pentagon were ever to get courts’ leeway to withdraw a pledge not to seek the death penalty, the United States says, it should be for the alleged mastermind.

CBS News on MSN · 4d

Appeals court wrestles with Pentagon's bid to rescind 9/11 plea deals

Judges heard nearly four hours of arguments over whether former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had the authority to unwind plea deals reached with three men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

ABC News23d

Federal court stays Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's guilty plea hearing

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... a stay of the plea agreement for Mohammed and two other alleged 9/11 plotters that has been opposed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The bid to stay the ...

CBS News23d

Appeals court pauses plea proceedings in alleged 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's case

A plea hearing to enable alleged 9/11 terror attack mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty will not go forward Friday, after the D.C. Circuit ...

Newsday23d

The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration succeeded Thursday in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin makes a speech at ...

The Independent23d

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed battle to let his guilty plea go forward

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal ... filing late Wednesday described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's attempts to throw out a plea deal that ...

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The '9/11 mastermind' wants to plead guilty. Why is the US trying to stop him?

The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks will no longer plead guilty on Friday, after the US government objected.

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