Suleiman Abu Ghaith, Bin Laden Son-In-Law, Says He Was Victim Of U.S. Rendition
A former spokesman for al Qaeda says he was the subject of
an extrajudicial transfer to U.S. custody via three Middle Eastern countries
this year, an allegation that suggests President Barack Obama's administration
is still carrying out controversial "rendition" operations. The use
of "rendition" was a counterterrorism tactic begun under President
George W. Bush when suspected al Qaeda figures were grabbed by CIA teams around
the world and transferred without judicial process to third countries or to
secret prisons that the U.S. spy agency maintained overseas.
Abu Ghaith, who was a spokesman for al Qaeda around
September 2001, is one of the highest-ranking al Qaeda figures to face U.S.
criminal charges for crimes related to the Sept. 11 attacks. He has pleaded not
guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans, and faces a January 2014
trial.
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