The DOJ argued in its brief to an appeals court in Washington, D.C., that the government would be irreparably harmed if the guilty pleas were accepted.
The Biden administration is asking for a federal appeals court to temporarily block a plea deal agreement with three detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A federal appeals court has delayed Friday's scheduled military court hearing where suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-conspirators were expected to plead guilty as part of a deal negotiated with prosecutors.