The emergency request is an attempt to stop the three Guantanamo Bay detainees from an already agreed-upon plea deal that would spare them the death penalty in exchange for life in prison and guilty pleas.

The Biden administration is asking for a federal appeals court to temporarily block a plea deal agreement with three detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Justice Department, on behalf of the Pentagon, on Tuesday asked an appeals court to block an effort to enforce plea deals reached with four accused conspirators of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

The Pentagon filed an emergency request with a federal appeals court Tuesday in an effort to halt three accused 9/11 terrorists from entering into plea agreements the Biden administration handed them last year.