Gitmo Detainee To Be Tried In U.S. Court

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Source: CBS | AP

Despite Move To Renew Military Tribunals, Top Al Qaeda Suspect Will Be Tried In Civilian Court In NYC
WASHINGTON, May 20, 2009

... Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S., and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court.

An official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to disclose the decision, told The Associated Press the administration has decided to bring Ghailani to trial in New York. He was indicted there for the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa - attacks that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans ...

The official said the administration plans to announce Thursday morning that Ghailani will be brought to trial for the embassy attacks ...



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/20/politics/main5029277.shtml

[lovuian]

1. thank you

I was waiting for someone to put this up on Latest breaking News

:woohoo: Obama

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2. U.S. to prosecute Guantanamo detainee in NY-source (Reuters)

... Eleven people were killed and at least 85 were wounded in the Tanzania bombing, and 213 people were killed in Kenya.

A Tanzanian, Ghailani was seized in Pakistan and was one of the 14 "high-value detainees" transferred to Guantanamo from secret CIA prisons in September 2006.

At a 2007 hearing at Guantanamo Bay to determine that he was an "enemy combatant," Ghailani confessed and apologized for supplying equipment used in the Tanzania bombing but said he did not know the supplies would be used to attack the embassy, according to military transcripts.

He told the Guantanamo review panel he bought the TNT used in the bombing, purchased a cell phone used by another person involved in the attack and was present when a third person bought a truck used in the attack, the transcript said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2054399520090521

[bluestateguy]

3. Well that ought to shut the ACLU up for about 5 minutes

nt

[struggle4progress]

4. That reminds me! I need to donate to the ACLU again! Donation page link here:

http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FJ_donationhome

Thank you, ACLU!