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What happened to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after his capture?

After his capture by U.S. and Pakistani agents on March 1, 2003, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to extensive waterboarding by the CIA and spent three years in secret “black site” CIA prisons in Central Europe. He was transferred to Guantánamo Bay detention camp in 2006. There he faced military tribunal charges for the September 11 attacks.