A battle-hardened al-Qaeda veteran who fought U.S. troops in Afghanistan and planned to bomb U.S. diplomatic facilities in Nigeria has been held in secret federal custody in New York since October, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.
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Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known as “Spin Ghul,” was extradited from Italy last year and indicted on six charges, including conspiracy to murder American military personnel, conspiracy to bomb diplomatic buildings and providing material support to al-Qaeda.
Harun has been cooperating with federal authorities since they first questioned him in Italy. And with the consent of his two defense lawyers, the government asked a federal judge to keep Harun’s indictment under seal so it could “take full advantage” of the information he was providing.
Disclosure of Harun’s detention comes two weeks after U.S. authorities said they had captured a former spokesman for al-Qaeda and secretly transferred him to New York to face a criminal trial.
