The Latest Breaking News from Guantanamo

The plea deal has angered many leading Republicans

The U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences

Most of the detainees are Haitian and Cuban migrants who use makeshift boats to try to reach the United States by sea.

Seven news organizations push for transparency in sealed plea agreement with 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay, sparking legal challenges and disruptions i...

A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray

Military hearings for 9/11 defendants face upheaval as Defense Secretary Austin voids plea deal, sparking legal challenges and concerns about external infl...

Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are in upheaval following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea agreement

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The cases against the 9/11 defendants have been delayed in pre-trial maneuverings for years, while the…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of a deal that reportedly would have taken the death penalty off the table.