Terror Suspect Loses Bid to Dismiss Charges Over Alleged Torture

New York Law Journal ^ | May 11, 2010 | By Mark Hamblett

[Behind Liberal Lines]

The CIA's alleged torture of accused U.S. embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani does not justify dismissing criminal charges against him, a federal judge ruled yesterday.

Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected the claim made by Mr. Ghailani's defense attorneys that the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment requires dismissal of the indictment based on "outrageous" government misconduct. The reason, the judge said, was that there was no causal connection between the defendant's alleged mistreatment and his prosecution in the Southern District.

[Hans]

What a bunch of horses patooties. Amazing how freely we spend money when it’s all public money.

[SmithL]

Kaplan, Lewis A.

Born 1944 in Staten Island, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Nominated by William J. Clinton on May 5, 1994, to a seat vacated by Gerard Louis Goettel; Confirmed by the Senate on August 9, 1994, and received commission on August 10, 1994.

Education:
University of Rochester, A.B., 1966
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1969

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Edward McEntee, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1969-1970
Private practice, New York City, 1970-1994
Special master, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1982-1983

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male

[piasa]

Meanwhile, another 1998 US Embassy bombing perp.... received justice on the anniversary of the bombings:

Israeli agents killed Al Qaeda’s No. 2 official on street in Iran: report
The Hill ^ | 11/13/20 | Tal Axelrod
Posted on 11/14/2020, 2:07:02 AM by volunbeer

Israeli agents assassinated Al Qaeda’s No. 2 official in a shooting in Tehran three months ago, eliminating a mastermind behind the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa.

Intelligence officials confirmed to The New York Times that two Israeli agents were acting at the behest of the U.S. when they shot Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah from a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy bombings. His daughter Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden, was also killed.

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