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Plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters are valid, judge rules A military judge said he would move forward with accepting guilty pleas from three defendants in exchange for life sentences. The agreements had been rescinded by the defense secretary.

November 6, 2024 Carol Rosenberg

(NY Times) A military judge ruled on Wednesday that plea agreements in the Sept. 11 case were valid, reviving the possibility that the man accused of planning the attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and two accused accomplices could eventually be sentenced to life […]

Defense secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants

August 2, 2024 Ellen Knickmeyer

(AP) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The move comes two days after the military […]

9/11 alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others reach plea deal The trial of the five 9/11 conspirators had been stuck in legal delays.

July 31, 2024 Luis Martinez

(ABC) Three of the five 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay — including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Gary B. Sowards, the lead attorney [for] Mohammed, confirmed to ABC […]

9/11 defendant not fit for death-penalty trial, judge rules A military mental health panel said that Ramzi bin al-Shibh had PTSD, psychosis and delusions, which his lawyer blamed on his torture by the C.I.A.

September 21, 2023 Carol Rosenberg

(NY Times) A military judge ruled on Thursday that a defendant in the Sept. 11 case who was tortured by the C.I.A. was ineligible for a death-penalty trial, adopting a finding that the prisoner was too psychologically damaged to help defend himself. […]

A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial

September 20, 2023 Ellen Knickmeyer

(AP) A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. The findings heighten uncertainty […]

Biden rejects proposed conditions for plea deals in Sept. 11 case Five Guantánamo detainees accused of aiding the attacks wanted a promise of care for torture-related trauma and to avoid solitary confinement.

September 6, 2023 Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg

(NY Times) President Biden has rejected a list of proposed conditions sought by the five men who are accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in exchange for pleading guilty and receiving a maximum punishment of life in prison, […]

Man accused in 9/11 plot is not fit to face trial, board says The question of Ramzi bin al-Shibh’s sanity has shadowed the case since he first appeared at the Guantánamo court in 2008. A new medical panel report says he has a mental illness making him incompetent for trial.

August 25, 2023 Carol Rosenberg

(NY Times) A military medical board has concluded that Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who is accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks, has a mental illness that makes him incompetent to either face trial or plead guilty in the death penalty case, […]

No plea deal for 9/11 terrorists: NY Rep. Michael Lawler and 32 House colleagues urge Biden

August 24, 2023 Carl Campanile

(NY Post) A bipartisan group of House representatives are demanding the Biden administration abandon a potential plea deal for the accused 9/11 terrorists, which would spare the death penalty for alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants. “If true, this would […]

Sept. 11 family members urge Biden to scrap plea deals with KSM, others

August 21, 2023 Ryan King

(NY Post) More than 2,000 family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks urged President Biden Monday to oppose any plea agreement with five alleged Al Qaeda bigs behind the atrocity, including purported mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Last […]

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families

August 16, 2023 Ellen Knickmeyer and Jennifer Peltz

(AP) The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon and FBI have advised […]

5 Guantánamo prisoners accused in 9/11 attacks could get plea deals

September 11, 2022 Catherine Herridge

(CBS) On the 21st anniversary of 9/11, CBS News has confirmed that military prosecutors and attorneys for five defendants charged for their roles in the attacks are negotiating potential plea deals that could take the death penalty off the table and keep […]

2 decades later, 9/11 self-professed mastermind awaits trial

September 9, 2022 Larry Neumeister, Jennifer Peltz and Carrie Antlfinger

(AP) Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the U.S. scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks — the capture of a disheveled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by intelligence agents from a hideout in […]

U.S. government initiates plea talks with 9/11 defendants

March 15, 2022 John Ryan

(Lawdragon) The prosecution in the Sept. 11 case has entered into plea negotiations with legal teams for the five defendants accused of planning the attacks that would take the death penalty off the table in exchange for guilty pleas to war crimes, […]

New 9/11 trial judge wants ‘action’ in hearings

September 8, 2021 Paul Handley

(AFP) The new military judge presiding over the September 11 attacks trial in Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday he would not force it toward an end — but that he wanted to see “action” after nine years of hearings. Air Force Colonel Matthew […]

Alleged 9/11 plotters, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, appear at Guantanamo pretrial hearing

September 7, 2021 Ellie Kaufman

(CNN) Five alleged 9/11 plotters, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who has been called the mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks, appeared in a military court for a pretrial hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday. All five are accused of having […]

Pretrial hearings for alleged 9/11 plotters set to resume at Guantanamo this week

September 6, 2021 Ellie Kaufman

(CNN) Pretrial hearings in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been accused of being the lead plotter behind the September 11 attacks, and four other detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are set to resume on Tuesday. The last in-person hearing […]

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