Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Two Other 9/11 Defendants Agree to Plea Deal. Under the agreement the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay would serve life in prison and be spared the death penalty. By .

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in March 2003 in this photo obtained by The Associated Press.

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder, terrorism, and torture. reader discretion is advised. Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been in prison for nearly two ...

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida's Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development ...

Khalid Shekh Mohammed, otherwise known as the "mastermind" behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and his two co-defendants may no longer face the death penalty.

Then, after it murdered bin Laden, the government decided that the true mastermind was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. In the months following the 9/11 attacks, the government blamed al Qaeda leader Osama ...

WASHINGTON—The Defense Department approved a plea bargain with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other Guantanamo detainees accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that ...

WASHINGTON — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday.