Osama dead: Charges against bin Laden expected to be dropped: Report
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are expected to file papers to drop all charges and close the case against al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden since he was killed by US commandos in Pakistan on Monday.
By PTI | Updated:
NEW YORK: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are expected to file papers to drop all charges and close the case against al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden since he was killed by US commandos in Pakistan on Monday.
The New York Times reported that the fist indictment was filed again bin Laden in Federal District Court in Manhattan in 1998 and charged him with conspiracy to attack United States' defense installations.
The indictment grew after the 9/11 attack, which was masterminded by bin Laden.
"It shows that in spite of whatever everyone says, there were people in the government who knew about bin Laden prior to 9/11 and were prepared to do something about it," said Daniel J Coleman, a former FBI agent involved in the investigation of bin Laden.
"There was a lack of political will to do anything," said Coleman, who is retired.
Coleman and other FBI agents hailed the killing of bin Laden.
"We started the fight; the military ended it," Michael Anticev, an FBI special agent, said. "Everybody's proud."
Coleman, however, said that he hoped other defendants in the bin Laden case would be brought to justice.
Bin Laden, he said, no longer deserved even treatment like a criminal.
"It had gone too far," he said.
The New York Times reported that the fist indictment was filed again bin Laden in Federal District Court in Manhattan in 1998 and charged him with conspiracy to attack United States' defense installations.
The indictment grew after the 9/11 attack, which was masterminded by bin Laden.
"It shows that in spite of whatever everyone says, there were people in the government who knew about bin Laden prior to 9/11 and were prepared to do something about it," said Daniel J Coleman, a former FBI agent involved in the investigation of bin Laden.
"There was a lack of political will to do anything," said Coleman, who is retired.
Coleman and other FBI agents hailed the killing of bin Laden.
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"We started the fight; the military ended it," Michael Anticev, an FBI special agent, said. "Everybody's proud."
Coleman, however, said that he hoped other defendants in the bin Laden case would be brought to justice.
Bin Laden, he said, no longer deserved even treatment like a criminal.
"It had gone too far," he said.
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