Earlier today, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who is suspected of taking part in the 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi, arrived in New York where he will be charged with 286 separate terrorism related crimes. Ghailani is facing separate charges of murder for each of the 224 people killed in the embassy bombings. Ghailani had been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, so this marks the first time a Guantanamo detainee has been transferred to American soil for trial and custody.
Ghailani is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, which according to the Justice Department has held several terrorist suspects over the years. Barring any last minute manifestations of mutant superpowers, I'd say we're safe.
Interestingly enough, neither the Republican leadership in the House and Senate, nor the RNC have released any statements on the matter, despite having vocally opposed closing Gitmo or incarcerating terrorists on U.S. soil.
-- A. Serwer
