Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Pakistani member of al-Qaeda
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| February 3 2025 | The U.S. Department of Defense released a media invitation for pre-trial hearings scheduled from April 23 to May 16, 2025. |
| November 2024 | A military judge rules that Mohammed's plea deal is 'valid and enforceable'. |
| August 2 2024 | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revokes Mohammed's plea deal. |
| August 2 2024 | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin revoked the plea deals for Mohammed, Attash, and Al-Hawsawi. |
| July 31 2024 | Mohammed agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. |
| July 31 2024 | Mohammed, Attash, and Al-Hawsawi agreed to plead guilty to charges. |
| May 6 2024 | The U.S. Department of Defense released a media invitation for pre-trial hearings scheduled from July 15 to August 9, 2024. |
| August 1 2023 | Pentagon officials informed 9/11 victims' families of the possibility of a plea agreement that would spare the lives of the accused. |
| September 7 2021 | Mohammed's trial restarts but is again postponed for plea deal negotiations. |
| September 7 2021 | Pre-trial hearings resumed after a year and a half break due to the COVID-19 pandemic and personnel changes. |
| December 18 2020 | Trial date postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| December 18 2020 | Mohammed's trial is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| August 30 2019 | Judge W. Shane Cohen set the trial to begin on January 11, 2021, acknowledging significant administrative and logistical challenges. |
| July 26 2019 | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed submitted a letter to the court, expressing willingness to help 9/11 attack victims and their families in a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, while requesting elimination of his death sentence. |
| January 8 2019 | Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald reported that Gina Haspel was potentially the 'Chief of Base' at a clandestine CIA detention site at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station during 2003-2004, based on partially redacted hearing transcripts. |
| July 8 2016 | Judge Pohl rescinded the temporary order on female guard interactions, citing government interests in gender-neutral staffing. |
| January 7 2015 | Judge Col. James L. Pohl granted a temporary order limiting physical contact with female guards for Mohammed and his co-defendants. |
| October 2014 | Mohammed and his co-defendants petitioned the Commission to ban female guards from touching them, citing religious objections under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. |
| January 28 2013 | During a pretrial hearing, the courtroom's sound system was unexpectedly cut, causing the trial judge Col. James L. Pohl to express frustration about external interference. |
| May 5 2012 | The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendants began at Guantanamo Bay, with proceedings delayed due to defendants' refusal to cooperate, including Mohammed's refusal to answer the judge's questions. |
| April 4 2011 | Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 terror suspects would face a military trial at Guantanamo Bay, criticizing Congressional restrictions on civilian trials. |
| January 7 2011 | US President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which prohibited using Defense Department funds to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States or other countries, effectively barring civilian court trials. |
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