Breaking via Reuters: U.S. charges Osama bin Laden's son-in-law in New York City with conspiracy

[Tony_FLADEM]

to kill U.S. nationals


No link but it says to check Reuters.com soon.

[The Straight Story]

1. Don't we usually drone people first? When did we start arresting them? (nt)

[geek tragedy]

3. When they're not in the tribal areas of Yemen, Somalia, or AfPak. nt

[The Straight Story]

5. Yeah but can't we drone em here now

[geek tragedy]

6. He owes his life to Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.

But I might prefer droning to multiple sessions with the Jordanian "interrogators."

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Bin Laden son-in-law detained in Jordan, brought to New York

(Reuters) - Prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after U.S. government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought to New York.

Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a militant who appeared in videos representing al Qaeda after the September 11 attacks in 2001, had initially been picked up in Turkey and was brought to the United States in an operation led by Jordanian authorities and the FBI, the sources said.

The Turkish government deported him to Jordan, the sources said, where local authorities and the FBI took custody of him. He was brought to the United States in the last few days, a law enforcement source said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-usa-militant-idUSBRE9260ZS20130307

[geek tragedy]

4. The detour to Joran indicates the possibility of 'enhanced interrogation'

by the Jordanians before the US got their hands on him.

[hedda_foil]

7. Or ... and . possibly more reasonably...

Turkey didn't want to deport him here, so they worked out a deal to send him to Jordan, which was willing to send him here.

[geek tragedy]

8. Why wouldn't Turkey want to deport extradite him here? They, not Jordan, are a NATO

ally.

Bigger question: why didn't they arrest his ass?