KSM Trial Set for 2028 | Durham News

Durham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 27, 2026 · 1m

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11, is finally set for trial—scheduled for June 5, 2028, nearly 25 years after the attacks. Captured in 2003 and held at Guantanamo since 2006, his case has been delayed by legal wrangling, including a controversial plea deal proposed last July that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for guilty pleas—but was scrapped by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who insisted such decisions must rest with him. The Biden administration challenged the revocation in court, but a D.C. appeals court upheld Austin’s authority. Now, after…