Plea deal for 9/11 terrorists that’ll spare them from death penalty back on as judge blocks Pentagon’s effort to toss it

THE plea deal that spares the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks and his accomplices from the death penalty is back on the table after a failed attempt by the Pentagon to dismiss it.

The accused terrorists could potentially serve a life sentence in the US Naval base of Guantánamo Bay as part of the agreement, despite committing the heinous attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

A December 2008 sketch of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (center) and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash...