Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame

New York Trial For Somali Terrorism Suspect Reignites Gitmo Debate

Susan Crabtree | July 6, 2011, 4:22PM

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is pushing back against GOP criticism of the Obama administration's decision to bring Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, the Somali man facing terrorism charges, to New York for trial.

Feinstein, an influential and respected voice on intelligence and national security issues, said the intelligence panel has been kept fully informed on Warsame's interrogations and the intelligence they produced, adding that she agreed with the decision to try him civilian court.

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