Pentagon announces plea deal with 9/11 mastermind, 2 of his accomplices

The United States has reached plea agreements with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, the Pentagon announces.

“The specific terms and conditions of the pretrial agreements are not available to the public at this time,” the Pentagon says in a statement.

The other two men who reached plea deals are Mohammed’s accomplices Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawasawi.

Citing unidentified Pentagon officials, the New York Times reports that the three agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for a life sentence, allowing them to avoid the death penalty.

Among the other acts of terror that Mohammed has confessed to since being captured in Pakistan over two decades ago are the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, who according to a Pentagon transcript he admitted to personally beheading. He has never been charged for Pearl’s murder.