Biden administration wages last-minute battle over plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration has doubled down on its unusual court battle to derail a plea deal that the government itself had reached with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
The Biden administration succeeded Thursday in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea in a deal that would spare him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s Sept.
Biden administration temporarily blocks 9/11 guilty plea for Khalid Sheikh
The move comes after years of legal battles over the case, which remains in pretrial hearings 17 years after charges were first filed.
Biden administration temporarily blocks 9/11 plea deal
It's the latest development in the U.S. military's struggle to bring to justice the man charged with planning the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
Biden Admin Asks Court to Block Plea Deals for 9/11 Defendants
The defendants involved in the potential plea deal include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Court Rules Biden Administration Cannot Take Back the Gift It Handed to Three 9/11 Architects
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cannot nix the controversial plea deals struck with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to a Monday military appeals court decision.
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.
Biden Administration Moves to Halt Sept. 11 Plea Deal
Justice Department lawyers are defending the defense secretary’s decision to back out of the agreement that avoided a death penalty trial, moving the question from military to civilian courts.
Biden administration asks court to block plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks
The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States.
Biden administration seeks stay of plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
The Pentagon has asked a federal court to stay a plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is slated to plead guilty on Friday.
Federal court stays Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's guilty plea hearing
The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Thursday after a federal court ...
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, ...
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Appeals court blocks accused 9/11 plotter’s plea after U.S. balks
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had sought to withdraw agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others charged in the ...
Plea deal for KSM & other 9/11 terrorists is a final Biden ‘Screw you!’ to America
Thanks to Biden admin bungling, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may get off with no death penalty. Joe can’t help hurting his country ...
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Killing the Constitution at Gitmo | Opinion
The Bush-inspired premises of Gitmo were that since it is located in Cuba, federal laws don’t apply, the Constitution doesn’t apply and federal judges can’t interfere. In five landmark decisions, the ...