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A Libyan militant was convicted Tuesday of terrorism charges stemming from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. But a federal jury found him not guilty of murder, the most serious charge associated with the rampage he was accused of orchestrating.
This courtroom sketch depicts Ahmed Abu Khattala listening to a interpreter through earphones during the opening statement by assistant U.S. attorney John Crabb at federal court in Washington in the trial presided by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, on October 2, 2017. On November 15, the defense rested in the trial of terrorism suspect, Abu Khattala, the alleged conspirator behind the 2014 attack in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans .
Duterte dancing! Trump pulls series of hilarious faces during awkward Asia leaders' group photo as he links arms with Philippines president in traditional handshake ceremony Weeds star Elizabeth Perkins holds sign naming actor James Woods as she joins hundreds of women in stand against sexual abuse at the #MeToo Survivors march in Hollywood Why everything you know about happiness is wrong: An intriguing book says the key is to wallow in your worries and remember no one cares what you think Is the CICO diet the new Keto? Internet goes mad for the latest incarnation of the classic weight loss regime - but experts question whether it is safe or sustainable They'll definitely draw a gasp! The VERY revealing children's sketches that prove little ones notice a LOT more than their parents think Boeing 757's flight controls are HACKED remotely while on the runway without the knowledge of the ... (more)
Beyond Gitmo: The lonely existence of former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been released to rebuild their lives in foreign countries without a phone, bank account or driver's license Legendary gossip columnist Liz Smith who chronicled Trump's divorce from Ivana and decades of salacious tittle-tattle in the Big Apple dies aged 94 Why everything you know about happiness is wrong: An intriguing book says the key is to wallow in your worries and remember no one cares what you think Hundreds descend on small Texas town for Sunday service one week after deadly shooting massacre - as it's revealed the church will be demolished and rebuilt elsewhere Torso found in frozen Canadian lake identified as 18-year-old who was reported missing by her family in August Viewers are left 'cringing' as Jared Leto is referred to as chat show host 'Jay Leno' by MC Grindah in awkward encounter at 2017 MTV ... (more)
The fast combat support ship USNS Arctic , left, conducts an underway replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Jan. 15, 2007. Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of responsibility in support of maritime security operations.
The men were found to be innocent of any wrong-doing against the United States, but were unable to return home after being released from Guantanamo after spending more than a decade there in some cases New-York based photographer Debi Cornwall visited the Guantanamo Bay detention center over the course of two years, chronicling the day-to-day life of military personnel stationed there. Afterwards, she tracked down some of the men spread across nine countries who had been released to discuss their adjustment to life after Gitmo.
A Marine Corps drill instructor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing young recruits, especially Muslims, one of whom killed himself. The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Friday also sentenced Gunnery Sgt.
A Marine Corps jury on Friday is deciding whether a drill instructor should be sentenced to military prison time for choking, punching and otherwise tormenting recruits, especially Muslims, one of whom eventually hurled himself to his death down a stairwell. The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, also could sentence Gunnery Sgt.
A Marine Corps jury on Friday decides whether a drill instructor convicted of abusing young recruits should be sentenced to military prison time. The eight-man jury at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, also could sentence Gunnery Sgt.
P arker Kittiwake launched the Parker Kittiwake Attenuated Total Reflection analyzer, which the company says represents a breakthrough for the simultaneous testing of base number , total acid number , insolubles, soot loading, viscosity, FAME and water content of oil samples on board a ship, allowing all parameters to be measured using a single sample in one test kit. The ATR analyzer uses infrared spectroscopy to determine the presence of damaging elements such as solid particles or water in a representative sample of oil.
Top to bottom: USS Ronald Reagan , USS Theodore Roosevelt , USS Nimitz , USNI News Image Three U.S. carrier strike groups will drill together - in the first tri-carrier operations in a decade - off the Korean peninsula in the Sea of Japan, several sources confirmed to USNI News on Wednesday. USS Ronald Reagan , USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt , along with their escorts and air wings, are set to meet off the coast of Korea for four days of exercises later this week.
Osama bin Laden's home movies: CIA's astonishing footage shows terror chief's children using guns to shoot water balloons and playing outside while he was the world's most wanted man Shackled and shameless: Uzbek terrorist appears in court in a wheelchair after it emerges he had thousands of ISIS videos on his phone and asked to fly terror flag in his hospital room Trump reveals New York terror suspect brought in TWENTY THREE 'family members' after winning Green Card lottery as he says it's time to end 'chain migration' White House declares New York terror suspect an 'enemy combatant' - denying him the right to remain silent and have a lawyer - and says Trump 'would support' sending 'animal' to Gitmo EXCLUSIVE - NYC terrorist conducted a test run: Neighbor spotted the Uzbek immigrant wearing a traditional 'robe' and driving around in a Home Depot truck for weeks as another says he often ... (more)
The president says he would consider treating the suspect in the New York truck attack, who is not a US citizen, as an enemy combatant who could be detained at Guantanamo Bay.
Duty stations: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay; San Diego; , Naval Station Mayport; Norfolk, Va.; Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine and aboard USS Moosbrugger. USS Eisenhower, USS John L. Hall and USS Samuel B. Roberts His story: Tim Holt made a six-year commitment to enlist in the Navy in exchange for electronics training that he believed would help him find a job after his tour of duty ended.
The fate of Bowe Bergdahl - the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan - now rests in the hands of a judge. A sentencing hearing for Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers and a Navy SEAL badly hurt while they searched for the missing Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years by Taliban allies after leaving his post.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will appear Monday before the judge deciding his punishment for endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009.
Today, it seems as if that "detention facility" will have a far longer life than I ever imagined and that it, and everything it represents, will become a true, if grim, legacy of twenty-first-century America. It appears that we just can't escape the perpetual pendulum of the never-ending war on terror as it invariably swings away from the rule of law and the protections of the Constitution.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returns to the Fort Bragg courthouse after a lunch break on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. By JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Sgt.
A trial of the suspected mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks will unfold this week in a federal courtroom in Washington, three years after he was captured by U.S. special forces in Libya and brought to the U.S. on a 13-day trip aboard a Navy ship. Opening statements will take place Monday in the case against Ahmed Abu Khattala, whom prosecutors describe as the ringleader of the attacks at a diplomatic compound that killed four Americans and became a political flashpoint given its timing weeks before President Barack Obama's re-election.