3/26/2014 12:47PM Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, the voice of fiery al-Qaeda propaganda videotapes after the Sept. 11 attacks, was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans for his role as the terror group's spokesman. Charles Levinson reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.... I ... Osama bin laden son in law the fiery voice of al Qaeda propaganda video tapes after the nine eleven attacks convicted today of conspiring to kill Americans for his role as a terror group spokesman ... it's Wednesday March twenty six welcome to lunch break I'm Lee Hawkins ... to Amman obligate ... the highest Winky al Qaeda figure to face trial on US soil since the attacks ... was convicted after five hours of deliberation and joining us now as law bureau reporter Charles Levinson ... power terms you covered this case ... in the did this in your ... yes they did ... a lot though that the trial just wrapped up today the guilty verdict on all three counts ... of most of the gate this facing life in prison ... he is basically that the space in the first time ... we've seen a trial in U S soil of somebody affiliated in some form or another with the nine eleven attacks and was he aware of the charges so the boogie was convicted on three charges of providing material support to a terror organization conspiring to provide material support to the organization ... of both of those charges he faces fifteen years in prison and a third more serious charge of conspiring to kill Americans which he faces a life term ... he was in videos with an odd ... one notably on September twelve just a day after the nine eleven attacks how important ... I'd to U S prosecutors state in terms of him following the nine eleven attacks ... well he he ... he he at the prosecutor said in their closing arguments ... this goddess Robert Gates who was literally the face of al Qaeda ... in the weeks and months after nine eleven he was passed by Osama bin Laden's ... to be in these videos to speak for al Qaeda to make the case to the fiery orator Avila mum great preacher ... of something skills that commodity in Zawahiri the other top al Qaeda guys ... they didn't have those oratory skills ... um but the same time you this that was not a Korea al Qaeda members is not a senior leader he ... does appear to be in the room when they discuss future plans fee income that can only two or three months before the nine eleven attacks ... and in bin Laden's report them from nowhere he even come to join al Qaeda ... and sort of just ... the mom heard about them and so I want you with me to help me tell you he agreed ... but he wasn't ... he does if you don't know about attacks before hand or anything like that so what is the significance of his conviction for federal prosecutors right so so they're still lot of debate in this country over whether the civilian federal court system ... is ... is able is equipped to handle the high profile terrorism cases ... the of a lot of classified information ... that juries are unpredictable this this this risk that ... year but other senior al Qaeda leader the bills go free based on the unpredictability surgery trials here ... was seen by some to be too big a risk that a ... of ... but but what you've seen it and they prefer to military commission system instead of what you're seeing with the detainees in Guantanamo Bay they're going to do this this military commission system how does this compare with just a What soaked to the military commissions going really slowly they've been really inefficient that the trials are dragging on for years so we seen here this with this will be a ... this will boost the arguments of those who say the federal courts or with terrorism cases should be tried ... this trial was quick it lasted just thirty three weeks about ... all they got the convictions so so it's it's an option the belt for for federal terrorism prosecutors and for the federal civilian court system in general ... alright will think you very much I know you'll continue to keep us posted on top of that
3/26/2014 12:47PM Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, the voice of fiery al-Qaeda propaganda videotapes after the Sept. 11 attacks, was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans for his role as the terror group's spokesman. Charles Levinson reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.... I ... Osama bin laden son in law the fiery voice of al Qaeda propaganda video tapes after the nine eleven attacks convicted today of conspiring to kill Americans for his role as a terror group spokesman ... it's Wednesday March twenty six welcome to lunch break I'm Lee Hawkins ... to Amman obligate ... the highest Winky al Qaeda figure to face trial on US soil since the attacks ... was convicted after five hours of deliberation and joining us now as law bureau reporter Charles Levinson ... power terms you covered this case ... in the did this in your ... yes they did ... a lot though that the trial just wrapped up today the guilty verdict on all three counts ... of most of the gate this facing life in prison ... he is basically that the space in the first time ... we've seen a trial in U S soil of somebody affiliated in some form or another with the nine eleven attacks and was he aware of the charges so the boogie was convicted on three charges of providing material support to a terror organization conspiring to provide material support to the organization ... of both of those charges he faces fifteen years in prison and a third more serious charge of conspiring to kill Americans which he faces a life term ... he was in videos with an odd ... one notably on September twelve just a day after the nine eleven attacks how important ... I'd to U S prosecutors state in terms of him following the nine eleven attacks ... well he he ... he he at the prosecutor said in their closing arguments ... this goddess Robert Gates who was literally the face of al Qaeda ... in the weeks and months after nine eleven he was passed by Osama bin Laden's ... to be in these videos to speak for al Qa
eda to make the case to the fiery orator Avila mum great preacher ... of something skills that commodity in Zawahiri the other top al Qaeda guys ... they didn't have those oratory skills ... um but the same time you this that was not a Korea al Qaeda members is not a senior leader he ... does appear to be in the room when they discuss future plans fee income that can only two or three months before the nine eleven attacks ... and in bin Laden's report them from nowhere he even come to join al Qaeda ... and sort of just ... the mom heard about them and so I want you with me to help me tell you he agreed ... but he wasn't ... he does if you don't know about attacks before hand or anything like that so what is the significance of his conviction for federal prosecutors right so so they're still lot of debate in this country over whether the civilian federal court system ... is ... is able is equipped to handle the high profile terrorism cases ... the of a lot of classified information ... that juries are unpredictable this this this risk that ... year but other senior al Qaeda leader the bills go free based on the unpredictability surgery trials here ... was seen by some to be too big a risk that a ... of ... but but what you've seen it and they prefer to military commission system instead of what you're seeing with the detainees in Guantanamo Bay they're going to do this this military commission system how does this compare with just a What soaked to the military commissions going really slowly they've been really inefficient that the trials are dragging on for years so we seen here this with this will be a ... this will boost the arguments of those who say the federal courts or with terrorism cases should be tried ... this trial was quick it lasted just thirty three weeks about ... all they got the convictions so so it's it's an option the belt for for federal terrorism prosecutors and for the federal civilian court system in general ... alright will think you very much I know you'll continue to keep us posted on top of that