Gitmo detainee reaches plea deal

A Guantanamo Bay detainee with ties to the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, officials said. The Washington Post said the plea deal calls for Majid Khan to testify at the trials of other detainees in exchange for a reduced sentence and eventual freedom. Khan, a Pakistani citizen and a former legal U.S. resident who graduated from high school in suburban Baltimore, was charged last month with murder, attempted murder, spying and providing material support for terrorism, officials said. He is accused of working closely with Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who has claimed responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York and Washington. The Post said Khan has agreed to testify at military commission trials as needed over the next four years. He would then be eligible to be transferred to Pakistan where he has a wife and daughter. He is expected to enter a guilty plea at his arraignment next week, the newspaper said.