US: NY Trial Right for Bin Laden In-Law

Email The Obama administration’s decision to try an alleged al Qaeda figure in federal court rather than before a military commission at Guantanamo best serves the interests of justice. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who had been an al Qaeda spokesman, was indicted on a criminal charge of conspiracy to kill United States citizens. He appeared in US District Court in Manhattan on March 8, 2013, and pleaded not guilty. (New York) – The Obama administration’s decision to try an alleged al Qaeda figure in federal court rather than before a military commission at…

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