Osama bin Laden
Judge warns bin Laden's son-in-law on lawyer choices
NEW YORK - The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former spokesman for al Qaeda, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans, was warned on Tuesday that his three chosen lawyers may not get clearance to review classified evidence in the case.
U.S. court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.
Britain signs deal with Jordan to try to deport cleric Abu Qatada
LONDON - Britain has signed a new legal treaty with Jordan in the hope of being able to deport a radical cleric accused of being Osama bin Laden's "right-hand man in Europe" later this year, the interior minister said on Wednesday.
Ex-bin Laden secretary gets life for 1998 embassy bombings role
NEW YORK - A former personal secretary to Osama bin Laden was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, for the second time, for participating in a conspiracy to kill Americans that included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
Judges deal fresh blow to British bid to expel cleric Qatada
LONDON - British judges on Tuesday dealt a fresh blow to efforts to expel a radical cleric once described as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand man in Europe", prompting the government to vow to take its case to the country's highest court.
Trial of bin Laden's son-in-law set for January in New York City
NEW YORK - A federal trial for a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden accused of conspiring to kill Americans will begin in January in Manhattan, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
Bin Laden son-in-law lawyers may seek to move trial out of NYC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden said on Monday that he may try to move his client's trial out of New York, saying he was concerned about having the proceedings in the city that saw the greatest destruction from the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Obama urges Libya's help in Benghazi probe, names new envoy
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged cooperation from the Libyan government in the investigation into the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi as he named a new ambassador to replace the envoy killed in the assault.
U.S. agents tracked bin Laden son-in-law for years before arrest
WASHINGTON - U.S. investigators tracked Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, for about 10 years before he was detained in Jordan and brought by the FBI to New York City in the past few days, U.S. officials familiar with the investigation said.
In U.S. court, bin Laden relative denies plot charge
NEW YORK - A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden pleaded not guilty in a New York court on Friday to conspiring to kill Americans, becoming one of the highest-ranking al Qaeda figures to face trial in the United States for crimes connected to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The bin Laden kill plan
A pivotal moment in the long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin Laden came years before U.S. spy agencies discovered his hermetic compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Full Article | Video
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