NEW YORK — A federal judge scolded the government on Wednesday for being overprotective of potentially disturbing images of how the military treated prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan and proceeding as if court review of its decisions about the pictures ...

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NEW YORK CITY — A judge sentenced the first Guantanamo detainee to have a U.S. civilian trial to life in prison Tuesday, saying anything he suffered at the hands of the CIA and others “pales in comparison to the suffering and the horror” caused by the bombing ...

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NEW YORK CITY — The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court has been sentenced to life in prison. A federal judge in Manhattan imposed the term Tuesday on 36-year-old Ahmed Ghailani.

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NEW YORK CITY — After his capture in the 1998 bombing of a U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Ahmed Ghailani recalled welcoming news reports of the al-Qaida-sponsored terror attack — until it dawned on him his countrymen were killed.

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NEW YORK CITY — The first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted in a civilian court is an "evil" force who helped al-Qaida members bomb two U.S. embassies in 1998, boosting the profile of Osama bin Laden and enabling terrorists to carry out ...

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NEW YORK CITY — A trial seen as a test case for civilian prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees ended with a split verdict, giving ammunition for both sides in a debate over whether other suspected terrorists like self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should follow.

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NEW YORK CITY — A trial seen as a test case for civilian prosecutions of Guantanamo detainees ended with a split verdict, giving ammunition for both sides in a debate over whether other suspected terrorists like self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed should follow.

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NEW YORK CITY — A New York City jury has ended its first day of deliberations Wednesday without a verdict at the trial of a Guantanamo detainee. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan allege that Ahmed Ghailani ...

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NEW YORK CITY — The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was duped into doing dirty work for al-Qaida operatives who attacked two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, his attorney said Tuesday in closing arguments.

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NEW YORK CITY — The defense is expected to give its closing argument for the first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial. The closings resume today at the Manhattan trial of Ahmed Ghailani.

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NEW YORK CITY — The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial is a "mass murderer" who played a key role in the terrorist bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.

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NEW YORK CITY — A judge presiding over the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee says the government cannot coerce a detainee to provide information for intelligence purposes and then use the evidence for criminal trial purposes.

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