Joe Biden’s Defense Department approved a plea deal Wednesday for three of the conspirators behind the attacks of September 11, 2001. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi will enter pleas before the military commission at Guantanamo Bay next week.
Plea Agreements Reached with 9/11 Defendants Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Bin ‘Attash and Mustafa al Hawsawi
July 31, 2024
The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, has entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case. The specific terms and conditions of the pretrial agreements are not available to the public at this time.
The three accused, along with Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Ramzi Bin al Shibh, were initially charged…
