Just two days after it was announced that a plea deal that purportedly would have eliminated the death penalty had been negotiated with the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001 attacks and two accomplices, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin canceled the agreements.

Just two days after it was announced that a plea deal that purportedly would have eliminated the death penalty had been negotiated with the man accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001 attacks and two accomplices, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin canceled the agreements. The transactions, involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is thought to be among al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden's most trusted lieutenants, were canceled on Friday after upsetting some of the victims' family.