Lawyer for al Qaeda-linked bomber sues US to open secret court hearings

A legal group that supports international terrorist groups while masquerading as a civil rights organization is suing the Justice Department to force open the secret court hearings of suspected 9/11 terrorists.

The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a plaintiff in the suit, is a longtime litigator on behalf of terrorists in the US. Other plaintiffs include the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a New Jersey media group.

CCR attorney and board member Abdeen Jabara, an activist against the secret detentions of terrorist suspects and involved in the lawsuit, represents Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric convicted of plotting to blow up the United Nations and other New York targets, and who inspired the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Jabara calls US treatment of Rahman “inhumane” and “cruel.” Two of Rahman’s sons are members of al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden has threatened to use al Qaeda to force Rahman’s release.