Libyan terror suspect Anas al-Libi being interrogated at sea

[morningfog]

A team of elite U.S. investigators is aboard a Navy warship in the Mediterranean, interrogating one of the most-wanted terror suspects in the world.

Abu Anas al-Libi -- a 49-year-old Libyan -- is charged in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.

U.S. commandos captured him over the weekend in Libya. The government wants al-Libi to face justice, but the hope is he will also provide invaluable information about al Qaeda.

Al-Libi is being held aboard the USS San Antonio. Sources say al-Libi, who was part of Osama bin Laden's inner circle in the 1990s, is being questioned by a group of specially-trained investigators. The "High Value Detainee Interrogation Group" is pressing al-Libi for intelligence about the al Qaeda network and potential attack plans.

Al-Libi, who spent years as a foreign operative for al Qaeda, was captured just after dawn Saturday on a street in his homeland of Libya.

U.S. commandos suddenly converged in three or four vehicles near al-Libi's home in Tripoli. His family told reporters the commandos -- wearing masks -- surrounded al-Libi's car, smashed the windows and whisked him away.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57606426/libyan-terror-suspect-anas-al-libi-being-interrogated-at-sea/

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Bring back and put him on trial.

He should have his day in court.

[Warpy]

3. he'd have to go on trial in Tanzania or Kenya

if there's anything left of him after the interrogation.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. US Embassies are American soil

and crimes committed in one fall under American jurisdiction. We certainly could try him here for the embassy bombing.

[Thinkingabout]

2. This is what intelligence produce, good job, keep up the good work.

[Hayabusa]

5. I hope "interrogate" in this case isn't code

for "enhanced interrogation..."

I know that still goes on and it's fucking wrong.

[morningfog]

6. That was my thought, too. Particularly because they are not on any land.