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Boumediene et al. v. Bush et al. Memorandum Order. November 2008.
- This memorandum order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia finds that the government fails to present enough evidence to detain the petitioners as enemy combatants and orders that they be granted a writ of habeas corpus. The Court denies the habeas corpus petition for Belkacern Bensayah, however, finding that the government has presented enough evidence to demonstrate that Bensayah is an al Qaeda facilitator.
Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (All by Source | Source Website).
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In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa. November 2008.
- "On May 29, 2001, a jury of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York returned verdicts of guilt against defendants-appellants Mohamed Sadeek Odeh, Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali, and Wadih El-Hage as to numerous charges arising from their involvement in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the American Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All three now appeal their convictions. The judgments of conviction entered by the District Court against Al-'Owhali and Odeh are affirmed in all respects. The judgment of conviction entered against El-Hage is affirmed in all respects except that the sentence is vacated, and the case is remanded to the District Court for the sole purpose of resentencing El-Hage in conformity with Booker and Fagans."
Source: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (All by Source | Source Website).
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In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa (Fifth Amendment Challenges). November 2008.
- Defendants Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali and Mohamed Sadeek Odeh challenge their convictions in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on numerous charges arising from their involvement in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the American Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holds that inculpatory statements US agents obtained from two defendants overseas were voluntary and hence admissible sufficed to satisfy any Miranda requirements that might apply; the district court did not violate one defendant's right to counsel when it permitted him to withdraw his initial suppression motion on religious grounds; and the district court did not abuse its discretion by granting a government motion to reopen a suppression hearing to offer evidence not offered previously, rejecting the claim that the government must offer a reasonable justification for not offering that evidence previously.
Source: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (All by Source | Source Website).
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In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa (Fourth Amendment Challenges). November 2008.
- Defendant El-Hage, a citizen of the United States convicted of involvement in an international conspiracy—led by Osam Bin Laden and organized through the al Qaeda terrorist network—to kill American citizens and destroy American facilities across the globe, contends that evidence obtained overseas without a warrant should have been suppressed from his trial. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holds that the Fourth Amendment reasonableness requirement (but not the warrant requirement) applied to government searches of El-Hege's residence in Kenya, and surveillance of his phone line there; those searches were reasonable; and it was appropriate for the district judge to review evidence on an ex parte, in camera basis in connection with the government's opposition to El-Hege's suppression motion.
Source: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (All by Source | Source Website).
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ACLU v. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency. October 2008.
- This is the summary judgment of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The judgment dismisses a Freedom of Information Act request seeking disclosure of unredacted Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) transcripts for the 14 High-Value Detainees at GTMO (KSM, etc.) and all records provided by the CSRT Recorder to the Tribunal in their cases.
Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 08-00437.
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Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terror Organization. October 2008.
- This press release issued by the Department of Justice announces the sentensing of Haniffa Bin Osman to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and money laundering. Haniffa Bin Osman conspired with others to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers and attempted to illegally export arms, including state of the art firearms, grenade launchers, night vision devices, surface to air missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: 08-969.
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U.S. v. Mohammed Ali Al-Moayad, Mohammed Mohsen Zayed. October 2008.
- This is the full opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in the case of U.S. v. Mohammed Ali Al-Moayad, Mohammed Mohsen Zayed. The 2nd Circuit has reversed and vacated the material support convictions of Al-Moayad and Zayed (involving fundraising for HAMAS), on the ground that the district court erroneously admitted into evidence a variety of evidence. "Defendants Mohammed Ali Al-Moayad (“Al-Moayad”) and Mohammed Mohsen Zayed (“Zayed”) appeal from judgments of conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Johnson, J.). Both were convicted of conspiring to provide material support to designated terrorist organizations Hamas and Al-Qaeda, and attempting to provide material support to Hamas. See 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(1). Al-Moayad was also convicted of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaeda and providing material support to Hamas."
Source: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (All by Source | Source Website).
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Shareef Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Foiled Plot to Bomb Shopping Mall During Holiday Season. September 2008.
- "In November 2007, Derrick Shareef pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in violation of 18 USC 2332a in connection to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall in Rockford, IL in December 2006 (recall that WMD are defined very broadly for purposes of federal criminal law, so as to include conventional explosives). Shareef received a 35 year sentence on that count. "
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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In re Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation Order. July 2008.
- This court order from the US District Court for the District of Columbia grants consolidation of the cases of Guantanamo Bay Detainees petitioning for Habeas Corpus.
Source: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (All by Source | Source Website).
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Boumediene et al. v. Bush, President of the United States, et al. June 2008.
- This document begins with the petition for certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The opinion of the Supreme Court, delivered by Justice Kennedy, follows. The opinion answers the question of whether the petitioners, Guantanamo Bay detainess designated as enemy combatants, have the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus. The Court holds that they do.
Source: Supreme Court of the United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Boumediene v. Bush. June 2008.
- The final ruling of this petition for writ of certiorari was decided on June 12, 2008 as "the Supreme Court held in a 5-4 opinion that aliens designated as enemy combatants and detained at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus. The Court also found that § 7 of the Military Commissions Act (MCA), which limited judicial review of executive determinations of the petitioners' enemy combatant status, did not provide an adequate habeas substitute and therefore acted as an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas. The immediate impact of the Boumediene decision is that detainees at Guantanamo may petition a federal district
court for habeas review of the circumstances of their detention."
Source: Supreme Court of the United States (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: No. 06-1195 and No. 06-1196.
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Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul Charge Sheet. February 2008.
- This is the charge sheet of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul of Yemen. A military commission Al Bahlul was found guilty by a military commission on November 3, 2008, of conspiracing with Usama Bin Laden and others to commit murder of protected persons, attacking civilians and other crimes. He was also found guilty of solicitation to commit murder of protected persons, to attack civilian objects, and to commit acts of terrorism.
Source: Department of Defense, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Canadian al Qaeda Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Conspiring to Kill Americansbe Bombing U.S. Embassies in Singapore and the Philippines. January 2008.
- This press release issued by the Department of Justice announces the life sentence of Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, on multiple terrorism conspiracy charges. On July 30, 2002, Jabarah, an admitted member of al Qaeda, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his participation in a plot to bomb United
States Embassies in Singapore and the Philippines.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Siddiqui Aafia Complaint. 2008.
- This is the complaint filed against Siddiqui Aafia, who "obtained a United States Army Officer's M-4 rifle and fired it at officers and employees of the FBI and the United States armed services. When Siddiqui was detained by Afghan authorities, a number of items were in her possession, including handwritten notes that referred to a "mass casualty attack" and that listed various locations in the United States; other notes that referred to the construction of "dirty bombs," and discussed various ways to attack "enemies"; and a computer thumb drive that contained correspondence referring to specific "cells," "attacks" by certain "cells," and "enemies.""
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Paracha v. Bush Brief for the Respondents. October 2007.
- This is the brief for the respondents. Respondents argue that because the issues in this case are the same as in Boumediene, the petition for the writ of certiorari should be held pending until the resolution of the Boudemiene case.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Indictment of Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, et al. June 2007.
- This is the indictment of Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, Dritan Duka, Eljvir Duka, Shain Duka, Serdar Tatar, and Agron Abdullahu. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to murder members of the United States Military, possession of machineguns, two counts of possession of firearms by an alien, and aiding and abetting the possession of firearms by aliens.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Prepared Remarks Concerning United States v. Monzer Al Kassar. June 2007.
- Theses are the prepared remarks of Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, at a press conference announcing the arrest of Monzer Al Kassar, Tareq Mousa Al Ghazi, and Luis Felipe Moreno Godoy. The three men are charged with selling $8 million worth of weapons to members of the FARC to be used against US nationals in Columbia.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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President's Council on Integrity and Efficientcy Exececutive Council on Integrity and Efficiency. June 2007.
- This 2007 Annual PCIE plan for disaster related assistance looks at the investigative process used by the Inspectors General office to determine the effectiveness of resource allocation and what is bieng done about fraud and waste in the response and recovery effort of post - Katrina assistance.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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U.S. Announces Arrest of International Arms Dealer for Conspiracy to Kill Americans and Related Terrorism Charges. June 2007.
- This press release from the Department of Justice announces the arrest of Monzer Al Kassar, Tareq Mousa Al Ghazi, and Luis Felipe Moreno Godoy. The three men are charged with four separate terrorism offenses: 1) Conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist
organization; 2) Conspiracy to kill United States nationals; 3) Conspiracy to kill United States officers or employees; 4)Conspiracy to acquire and use an antiaircraft missile. In addition, Kassar and Moreno are charged in Count Five with money laundering.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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United States of America vs. Russell Defreitas, also known as "Mohammed," Kareem Ibrahim, also known as "Amir Kareem," Abdul Kadir and Abdel Nur, Defendants. June 2007.
- "Four individuals, including a former member of the parliament of Guyana and a former airport cargo worker at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), have been charged with conspiring to attack JFK airport by planting explosives to blow up the airport's major jet-fuel supply tanks and pipeline...According to the criminal complaint, beginning in January 2006 and continuing to the present, the defendants conspired to destroy buildings, fuel tanks, and fuel pipelines at JFK airport with explosives...As alleged in the complaint, the plot tapped into an international network of Muslim extremists from the United States, Guyana, and Trinidad, and utilized the knowledge, expertise, and contacts of the conspirators to develop and plan the plot, and obtain operational support and capability to carry it out." Read the press release announcing the arrest.
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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