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U.S. appeals court tosses plea deal for accused mastermind of 9/11 attacks - National | Globalnews.ca

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The deal would have allowed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks.

But then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin repudiated the deal, saying a decision on the death penalty should only be made by the defense secretary.

Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon .

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