Accused 9/11 mastermind and 2 accomplices agree to plead guilty
Three men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have reached plea agreements in the military commissions process, officials said Wednesday.
Three men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have reached plea agreements in the military commissions process, officials said Wednesday.
Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi are scheduled to appear at a hearing at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, next week, according to the Office of Military Commissions.
Firefighters walk through the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings in New York after terrorists crashed two airliners into the towers on Sept. 11, 2001.Shawn Baldwin / AP fileThe details of the plea agreement are unclear, but the defendants are expected to plead guilty to lesser charges that could spare them the death penalty.
They are not likely to be sentenced for months.
The plea agreement was negotiated between the accused and their attorneys and the Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier.
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