Guilty plea in NYC bomb plot a political victory

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61M5TQ20100223?type=politicsNews

In the end, it was not the threat of waterboarding or Guantanamo Bay prison that persuaded Najibullah Zazi to cooperate with investigators. It was love for his mother and the threat she would go to jail.

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Zazi's guilty plea on Monday provided a much-needed political victory for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. President Barack Obama, who have come under criticism from conservatives calling them soft on terrorism.

Zazi, 25, admitted to receiving al Qaeda training and plotting a suicide bomb attack on the New York subway system, pleading guilty to three felony counts that could put him in prison for life -- all after being read his rights and given a defense lawyer in civilian proceedings.

"It does show that it's possible to get suspected terrorists to talk without inflicting brutal abuses on them," said Jameel Jaffer, director of the National Security Project for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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1. And not a drop of water on Zazi too.