A federal judge is refusing to suppress statements made by the purported son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden to FBI agents as he was brought to the United States to face terrorism charges in connection with the 1998 embassy bombings.
In March, Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, a purported al Qaeda spokesman, was apprehended in Jordan and taken into federal custody where he was charged with conspiring to kill U.S. nationals. Ghayth asserted the statements he made to FBI personnel on the plane to the United States had to be suppressed because he was not given Miranda warnings until well into his questioning, and his statements were not voluntary.
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