U.S. judge denies request to appoint lawyer for captured al-Liby

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. judge denies request to appoint lawyer for captured al-Liby

NEW YORK | Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:13pm EDT

(Reuters) - A federal judge in New York on Friday declined to assign a court-appointed attorney to Abu Anas al-Liby, the senior al Qaeda figure captured in Libya last weekend, saying it was premature because he has apparently not yet been formally arrested.

Al-Liby, whose real name is Nazih al-Ragye, faces federal charges in New York for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 civilians.

Since his capture in Libya, he has been held aboard a Navy ship in the Mediterranean where an elite team of American interrogators is questioning him.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected a request from the Federal Defenders of New York, which represents indigent federal defendants, to appoint a defense lawyer.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/11/us-usa-libya-court-idUSBRE99A0RM20131011

[Fantastic Anarchist]

1. "Elite team of American interrogators" ...

I hope that's not a euphemism.

[Xipe Totec]

2. He doesn't exist! (sticks fingers in ears and yells) LA! LA! LA! LA! nt