DOD announces plea agreements with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others

The Department of Defense announced it reached plea agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who allegedly masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.

The terms of the plea deal are not public at this time. The three accused, along with Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Ramzi Bin al Shibh, were initially charged jointly and arraigned on June 5, 2008, and then were again charged jointly and arraigned a second time on May 5, 2012.

Mohammed is being held at Guantanamo Bay. He allegedly planned the attacks, which crashed planes into both original World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers took over a fourth headed to the White House.

Mohammed is facing thousands of criminal charges, including 2,976 charges of first-degree murder.

He allegedly prepped plans for Osama bin Laden, the terrorist organization al Qaeda’s former leader, for a terrorist attack in the United States that would become 9/11.

Mohammed and others helped train the 19 terrorists involved in the attack and gave financial support to the effort.

Though details haven't been released, the New York Post reported the terrorists will not be served the death penalty as part of the agreement.

President Joe Biden rejected proposed conditions for a plea deal last September at the recommendation of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Those conditions included no solitary confinement and health treatment for their alleged injuries as a result of CIA interrogation methods.

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"The 9/11 attacks were the single worst assault on the United States since Pearl Harbor," a National Security Council spokesperson told ABC News in a statement. "The President does not believe that accepting the joint policy principles as a basis for a pre-trial agreement would be appropriate in these circumstances. The Administration is committed to ensuring that the military commissions process is fair and delivers justice to the victims, survivors, families, and those accused of crimes."

The 9/11 terrorist attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives and caused turmoil across the nation.