United States v. Bin Laden’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “In late December 1999, the Southern District of New York Assistant United States Attorneys who had been interviewing al-Fadl ... requested that Wit-Sec install videoconferencing equipment in al-Fadl’s relocation area to facilitate their contact with al-Fadl.... WitSec complied with the request and, by the end of 1999, purchased and installed video conferencing equipment ... in Wit-See offices in al-Fadl’s relocation area and [in] New York.... Around the time Marshals Service employees were installing the video conference equipment, [al-Fadl’s WitSec liaison] spoke with [a branch chief inspector] ... stationed at USMS Headquarters in Washington, D.C.[ ], regarding ... the al-Fadl teleconferences. [He] was told that the Marshals Service computer system in the relocation area was unable to handle classified information and that he should therefore videotape the teleconferences rather than preparing detailed written reports. Finding this order odd, [the WitSec liaison,] Inspector Doe[,] sought confirmation from his direct supervisor, Supervisory Inspector Mike.[ 42 ] Supervisory Inspector Mike conferred with the Chief Inspector for the relocation area ... who confirmed that USMS Headquarters had ordered the videotaping of the video-teleconferences.... Eighteen video-teleconferences were conducted between January 21, 2000 and January 14, 2002. Thirteen of the conferences occurred before the conclusion of El-Hage’s trial; twelve of these were videotaped.... In all, Inspector Doe re”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Odeh

2. “El-Hage’s defense to the relevant charges was not that El-Hage did not travel to Lake Victoria to investigate the death of a passenger on a ferry. In fact, in his Grand Jury testimony, El-Hage admitted going to Lake Victoria to investigate the drowning death of a passenger in the ferry accident that killed al-Banshiri. El-Hage claimed, however, that he was investigating the death of “Adel Habib” and further claimed that he did not know that “Adel Habib” was also known as Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri. Notably, at trial the [government presented the eyewitness testimony of Ashif Juma, al-Banshiri’s brother-in-law, who recounted how he saw El-Hage at Lake Victoria investigating al-Banshiri’s death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Odeh

3. “[i]n late 2001, George Dapra, the WitSec Inspector in the New York area who had acted as the prosecutors’ liaison with Inspector Doe, ... called Inspector Doe to make arrangements for the transition to a new Inspector in the New York area. During that call, Inspector Doe asked Inspector Dapra what he should do with the videotapes of the al-Fadl conferences. Inspector Dapra responded that he had not known of any tapes, and he subsequently called United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to inform him of the tapes’ existence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Odeh