9/11 defendants including Khalid Shaikh Mohammad reach plea deal

Washington — The alleged architect of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people has reached a plea deal, according to the Department of Defense, along with two of his alleged accomplices. 

Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, the man accused of masterminding the terrorist attack, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, were captured in 2003, but their cases have faced years of legal delays over whether the evidence extracted during their interrogations was admissible in court.

The Pentagon did not release details of the plea deal.