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National
DOJ tries to block plea agreement for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad
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 Guantanamo -- even though two U.S. military courts have already rejected the Defense Secretary's attempt to block KSM's plea.
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National
A 9/11 plea deal is in doubt: Unpacking the legal drama
The DOJ has asked to stop the alleged 9/11 mastermind from pleading guilt at Guantanamo -- even though two U.S. military courts already rejected the Defense Secretary's attempt to block the plea.
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National
U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman
The Biden administration's move leaves just 15 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Oman will help resettle the men and provide security monitoring.
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Law & Courts
Plea deals for 3 defendants behind the 9/11 attacks are back on the table
A Guantanamo Bay detention camp judge has reinstated plea deals with three Sept. 11 defendants, ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was wrong to rescind them.
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National Security
Judge reinstates plea deals with three of the defendants connected to 9/11
A Gitmo judge has reinstated plea deals with three 9/11 defendants, ruling that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was wrong to rescind them.
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National Security
Did Lloyd Austin illegally rescind plea deals with 3 men charged in 9/11 attacks?
A Guantánamo judge will consider this week whether the defense secretary illegally rescinded plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other men charged in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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National
NPR joins petition to unseal plea deals reached with the alleged mastermind of 9/11
After plea deals in the 9/11 case were quickly reversed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, NPR has joined a petition for the deals to be unsealed by the U.S. military commissions.
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National
After 20 years in Guantanamo, 3 alleged Sept. 11 plotters will plead guilty
After nearly 2 decades in prison at Guantanamo Bay, three men accused of roles in the 9/11 terrorist attacks will plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, rather than a death-penalty trial.
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National
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11, agrees to plead guilty
Mohammed and two accomplices agreed to plead guilty in exchange for sentences of up to life in prison rather than face a death-penalty trial.
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National
Defense Department reaches plea agreement with 3 of the men charged in 9/11 attacks
The U.S. Defense Department has reached a plea agreement with three of the five men charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad.
