Former Guantánamo Detainee Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Federal Court Terrorism Trial

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010.  Yesterday, a federal court jury today found former Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Ghailani guilty of conspiracy for his role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, while acquitting him of other charges. Ghailani is the first Guantánamo detainee to be prosecuted in the federal justice system.

The American Civil Liberties Union called on the Obama administration to prosecute all terrorism suspects in the federal courts, and not to…