Terror Suspect Brought to U.S. for Trial, Breaking From Trump Rhetoric<br />By REBECCA R. RUIZ, ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZOJULY 21, 2017<br />PHILADELPHIA — The Trump administration has brought a Qaeda suspect to the United States to face trial in federal court, backing off its hard-line position<br />that terrorism suspects should be sent to the naval prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather than to civilian courtrooms.<br />The suspect, Ali Charaf Damache, was transferred from Spain<br />and appeared on Friday in federal court in Philadelphia, making him the first foreigner brought to the United States to face terrorism charges under President Trump.<br />The 2011 indictment of Ali Charaf Damache, who was brought to the United States to face prosecution federal court in Philadelphia.<br />agents have tried to make the case inside the Justice Department for using civilian courts, arguing<br />that the Trump administration’s rigid stance made it hard to bring terrorists to justice.<br />Obama said that It’s good to see that the president<br />and the attorney general now seem to share my belief in the effectiveness of the world’s greatest judicial system and its ability to keep the American people safe,<br />Sessions had changed his views on civilian trials or why Mr. Damache was being brought to federal court.
