Lloyd Austin Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

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.

The Washington Post · 3d

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.

POLITICO on MSN · 3d

Appeals court skeptical of feds’ bid to back out of 9/11 plea deals

Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overrode plea deals the Pentagon reached with three alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks.

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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 ...

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Federal court stays Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's guilty plea hearing

The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... a stay of the plea agreement for Mohammed and two other alleged 9/11 plotters that has been opposed by ...

The Register Citizen23d

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

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

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