11-320-cr United States v. Ghailani
In the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit ________
AUGUST TERM, 2012 ________ No. 11-320-cr
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee,
v.
AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI, a/k/a FUPI, a/k/a ABUBAKARY KHALFAN AHMED GHALILIANI, Defendant-Appellant,
WADIH EL HAGE, a/k/a ABDUS SABBUR, FAZUL ABDULLAH MOHAMMED, a/k/a HARUN FAZHL, a/k/a FAZHL ABDULLAH, a/k/a FAZHL KHAN, MOHAMED SADEEK ODEH, a/k/a ABU MOATH, a/k/a NOURELDINE, a/k/a MARWAN, a/k/a HYDAR, MOHAMED RASHED DAOUD AL-'OWHALI, a/k/a KHALID SALIM SALEH BIN RASHED, a/k/a MOATH, a/k/a ABDUL JABBAR ALI ABEL-LATIF, USAMA BIN LADEN, a/k/a USAMAH BIN-MUHAMMAD BIN-LADIN, a/k/a SHAYKH USAMAH BIN-LADIN, a/k/a MUJAHID SHAYKH, a/k/a HAJJ, a/k/a QAQA, a/k/a THE DIRECTOR, MUHAMMAD ATEF, a/k/a ABU HAFS, a/k/a ABU HAFS EL MASRY, a/k/a ABU ABU HAFS EL MASRY E KHABIR, a/k/a TAYSIR, a/k/a AHEIKH TAYSIR ABDULLAH, MUSTAFA MOHAMED FADHIL, a/k/a MUSTAFA ALI ELBISHY, a/k/a HUSSEIN, a/k/a HASSAN ALI, KHALFAN KHAMIS MOHAMED, a/k/a KHALFAN KHAMIS, SHEIKH AHMED SALIM 2 No. 11-320-cr
SWEDAN, a/k/a SHEIKH BAHAMADI, a/k/a AHMED ALLY, MAMDOUH MAHMUD SALIM, a/k/a ABU HAJER AL IRAQI, a/k/a ABU HAJER, ALI MOHAMED, a/k/a OMAR, a/k/a ALI ABDELSEOUD MOHAMED, a/k/a ABU OMAR, a/k/a HAYDARA, a/k/a TAYMOUR ALI NASSER, a/k/a AHMED BAHAA ADAM, AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI, a/k/a ABDEL MUAZ, a/k/a THE DOCTOR, KHALED AL FAWWAZ, a/k/a ABU OMAR, a/k/a KHALED ABDUL KHALED ABDUL RAHMAN, a/k/a HAMAD AL FAWWAZ, HAMAD, IBRAHIM EIDAROUS, a/k/a IBRAHIM H.A. EIDAROUS, a/k/a DAOUD, a/k/a ABU ABDULLAH, a/k/a IBRAHIM, BARY, a/k/a ADEL M.A.A.A. BARY, a/k/a ABBAS, a/k/a ABU DIA, a/k/a ADEL, SAIF AL ADEL, a/k/a SAIF, ABDULLAH AHMED ABDULLAH, a/k/a ABU MOHAMED EL MASRY, a/k/a SALEH, a/k/a ABU MARIUM, MUHSIN MUSA MATWALLI ATWAH, a/k/a ABDEL RAHMAN AL MUHAJER, a/k/a ABDEL RAHMAN, ANAS AL LIBY, a/k/a NAZIH AL RAGHIE, a/k/a ANAS AL SEBAI, L'HOUSSIANE KHERCHTOU, a/k/a ABU TALAL, a/k/a TALAL, a/k/a YUSUF, a/k/a JOSEPH, a/k/a JAMAL, MOHAMED SULEIMAN AL NALFI, a/k/a NALFI, a/k/a ABU MUSAB, a/k/a MOHAMED SULEIMAN ADAM, JAMAL AHMED MOHAMMED AL-BADAWI, a/k/a ABU ABED AL RAHMAN AL-BADAWI, FAHD AL-QUSO, a/k/a ABU HATHAYFAH AL-ADANI, Defendants.* ________
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. No. 1:98-cr-1023-9 ― Lewis A. Kaplan, Judge. ________
ARGUED: MAY 8, 2013 DECIDED: OCTOBER 24, 2013 ________
* The Clerk of Court is directed to amend the official caption in this case to conform to the listing of the parties above. 3 No. 11-320-cr
Before: LEVAL, CABRANES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges. ________
Defendant Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani appeals his judgment of conviction, after a trial by jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lewis A. Kaplan, Judge), of conspiring to bomb the United States Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. These bombings killed over two hundred people, and injured thousands more.
This appeal presents a question arising from the government's efforts to obtain actionable and time-sensitive intelligence necessary to thwart acts of terror, while still bringing those charged with committing crimes of terrorism against Americans to justice in an orderly fashion under the laws of our