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| Subject: | News Alert: Judge Bars Major Witness From Civilian Terrorism Trial |
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| Date: | Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:17:07 -0400 |
| From: | NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect@nytimes.com> |
| Reply-To: | nytdirect@nytimes.com |
| To: | rhomp2002@EARTHLINK.NET |
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Wed, October 06, 2010 -- 10:15 AM ET ----- Judge Bars Major Witness From Civilian Terrorism Trial Minutes before a major terrorism trial was about to begin, a federal judge barred prosecutors in Manhattan on Wednesday from using a key witness. The government had acknowledged it learned about the witness from the defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, while he was being interrogated while being held in a secret overseas jail run by the C.I.A. The ruling by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan would be a setback for the Obama administration's goal of trying former detainees in civilian courts because it would limit the kinds of evidence prosecutors can introduce. It was not immediately clear if prosecutors would appeal the ruling. The defendant, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, was scheduled to begin trial on Wednesday in Federal District Court on charges he conspired in the 1998 bombings of the American Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The attacks, orchestrated by Al Qaeda, killed 224 people. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/nyregion/07ghailani.html?hp&emc=na ----- Now get New York Times breaking news alerts sent to your mobile phone. Sign up by texting NEWSALERTS to 698698 (NYTNYT). ----- About This E-Mail You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news alerts from NYTimes.com. To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines or other newsletters, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/email NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company
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