The Hill News

When the administration announced its plans to try Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) detainees in federal civilian court instead of a military tribunal, the American public was assured by Attorney General Eric Holder that "failure is not an option." He was proven wrong last week when a jury in New York City acquitted Ahmed Ghailani of all but one of 285 counts in connection with the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. His sole conviction was for "conspiracy to destroy American property" in the 1998 Embassy bombings.

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