The judge asked defense and prosecution lawyers to settle on a date for the accused mastermind of the terrorist attacks to plead guilty.

The Defense Department will appeal a military judge’s ruling about plea agreements by three defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, official says.

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.

Prosecutors plan to appeal the trial judge’s ruling that the defense secretary had not lawfully rescinded the government plea deal with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed.

The three defendants are among the most prominent of the 30 remaining inmates at the high-security facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

The US Department of Defense is challenging the decision of a military judge to reinstate three 9/11 terrorists' plea deals that guarantee they would be spared the death penalty.