Court throws out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, two other terrorists

A divided federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. on Friday tossed out an agreement that would have allowed 9/11 terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty, in another failed effort to end a years-long legal saga surrounding the military prosecution of men held at Guantánamo Bay.The 2-1 D.C. Circuit appeals court decision upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to undo the plea deal approved by military lawyers and senior Pentagon staff.The deal would have carried life without parole sentences for Mohammed and two co-defendants, potentially taking capital punishme