Biden administration asks courts to stop plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
Biden Admin Asks Court to Block Plea Deals for 9/11 Defendants
Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
Biden admin releases 11 Yemeni detainees with suspected al Qaeda ties from Guantanamo Bay — including two alleged former bin Laden bodyguards
The Biden administration offered plea deals last year to alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-conspirators Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi. All three men have been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2003.
Guantanamo’s prisoners have reached a pivotal moment. So has the 9/11 case. Here’s what to know
President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing to resolve as many of the cases as possible, on its terms, before Donald Trump takes office Jan. 20.
Biden admin appeals plea agreements with Guantánamo detainees, including 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration is asking for a federal appeals court to temporarily block a plea deal agreement with three detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
9/11 Defendants' Lives to Be Spared After Court Upholds Biden Plea Deal
The ruling reinstates plea agreements under which the three men would admit guilt in connection with the September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda attacks.
US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman, leaving 15 at Cuba facility
The U.S. has transferred 11 Guantanamo detainee to Oman, leaving 15 at Cuba facility in the largest detainee transfer to take place during the Biden administration.
Pentagon’s 9/11 plea deals can proceed, appeals court rules
The U.S. government earlier this year entered into the plea agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other 9/11 suspects, sparing them the death penalty.
11 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay transferred to Oman
Eleven Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Oman, marking yet another detainee transfer from the military prison in the final days of the Biden administration.
Biden administration asks court to block plea deals for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants in the Sept. attacks. It comes days before the accused 9/11 mastermind's scheduled guilty plea in an agreement that would spare him the death penalty.
Guantanamo's prisoners have reached a pivotal moment. So has the 9/11 case. Here's what to know
After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida's shattering attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is reaching a pivotal moment this month.
Biden administration seeks stay of plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration has petitioned a federal civilian court of appeals to stay the plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attack who is scheduled to plead guilty on Friday in return for the death penalty being removed from his case.
Pentagon files emergency appeal in last-ditch effort to halt 9/11 plea deals
In the Biden administration’s latest filing, Brian Fletcher, the Justice Department’s principal deputy solicitor general, argued that the case involving the three 9/11 plotters is of “ unique