GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Five men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States pleaded guilty but withdrew the offer, court officials said.
The men, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed operational mastermind of the attacks, withdrew their offer to plead guilty when a military judge raised questions about whether the plea would bar them from receiving the death penalty, something the five want, The Washington Post reported.