Accused East Africa Embassy Bomber Held at Guantanamo Bay to be Prosecuted in U.S. Federal Court

Washington, DC -- The Justice Department today announced that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, will be prosecuted in federal court in the United States pursuant to the March 12, 2001, superseding indictment currently pending against him in the Southern District of New York.