It's the latest development in the U.S. military's struggle to bring to justice the man charged with planning the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty for al-Qaida's Sept. 11,

Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging a federal appeals panel to let his scheduled guilty plea Friday n Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, go forward in a plea agreement that would spare him and two co-defendants the risk of the death penalty in al-Qaida's notorious Sept.

The Biden administration successfully delayed a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused 9/11 mastermind, that would avoid the death penalty. A federal appeals panel temporarily blocked the plea,

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had sought to withdraw agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The Biden administration succeeded in halting a plea hearing for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

The Justice Department, on behalf of the Pentagon, on Tuesday asked an appeals court to block an effort to enforce plea deals reached with four accused conspirators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The Department of Defense filed an emergency request with a federal appeals court Tuesday in an effort to stop plea deals given to three accused terrorists involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

An appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked a plea deal for three accused 9/11 plotters in a win for the Justice Department and Pentagon, which had requested this week that the court block the agreements ahead of a Friday hearing.