The US government plans to appeal a military judge’s ruling that plea deals with the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo Bay — which were revoked by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin — are valid, a defense official said Saturday.

Plea deals for 9/11 alleged mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two other suspects in the 2001 attacks on the United States to serve life in prison instead of the death penalty have been upheld by a U.

A military judge has reinstated the plea agreements struck between the U.S. government and alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others. Government prosecutors had come to plea agreements with the three alleged terrorists,