{"id":"9ea04473-422c-4710-8e93-8d7e110ddfeb","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-alleged-911-masterminds-attempt-revive-plea-deal-rcna603448","domain":"nbcnews.com","outlet":{"name":"NBC News","country":"US","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false,"owner":"NBCUniversal"},"title":"Supreme Court rejects alleged 9/11 mastermind’s attempt to revive plea deal","plainHeadline":"Supreme Court rejects appeal to revive 2024 plea deal in 9/11 case","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Supreme Court rejected the appeal by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others.","The rejection removes a barrier to Mohammed facing a 2028 military-commission trial.","The defendants previously agreed to a 2024 plea deal for life sentences.","Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had rejected the plea deal, contrary to initial approval.","The case has ties to evidence concerns linked to CIA interrogation methods."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T13:33:31.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T13:52:46.733Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/ba35c82c-e04e-43d6-9b48-dfd6bce828e9","storyId":"ba35c82c-e04e-43d6-9b48-dfd6bce828e9","image":"https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-07/250712-Khalid-Sheikh-Mohammed-aa-132-130ba1.jpg","author":"Lawrence Hurley","dek":"The Supreme Court rejected an appeal brought by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other alleged 9/11 plotters seeking to hold the government to a plea deal."}