The Department of Defense said Wednesday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, agreed to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Mohammed and two accomplices, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi, are expected to enter pleas at the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as next week. Authorities captured Mohammed in 2003.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis: Biden administration is 'not serious about national security'

"Saturday Report" host Rita Cosby spoke with Rep. Nicole Malliotakis about the 9/11 plea deal that was originally pursued and expressed her support for it being revoked.

U.S. Defense Austin Secretary Withdraws From Plea Deal With 9/11 Mastermind

Wikipedia • The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. That morning, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the East Coast to California.

The US has scrapped the plea deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his two accomplices Walid bin Attash & Mustafa al-Hawsawi. According to reports, the trio had agreed to plead guilty in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin withdrew from the plea deal in a memorandum to Susan Escallier, who is the convening authority for military commissions. The decision comes after outrage over the plea deal, criticised by victims' families and Congress members. The case against the 9/11 terror attack accused has been dragging on for years. The terror attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, killed nearly 3,000.

9/11 Attack Survivor on ESCAPING the WORLD TRADE CENTER | Giovanni Renteria

On the morning of September 11, 2001 Morgan Stanley employee Giovanni Renteria was attending a training seminar on the 64th floor in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. During a short break, Renteria headed to the ground floor and as he was exiting the building noticed a large amount of debris falling from the North Tower. The remnants of American Airlines Flight 11. Rushing back inside the building, Renteria and his fellow co-workers stood in the lobby of the South Tower trying to game plan what to do next. It was then that the South Tower was hit by United Airlines Flight 175 and September 11, 2001 turned into a harrowing day of survival for Giovanni Renteria.