A lawyer for Mohammed and one of his co-defendants, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, did not respond to requests for comment, nor did the Pentagon.

The agreement would have spared them the death penalty. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A plea deal that would have meant life in prison for accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tossed out by a federal appeals court Friday.