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These are his words, "the storms will not stop, especially the airplane storms." he warned americans "not to board any aircraft and not to live in high-rises." this photo puts sulaiman abu ghaith squarely in al qaedas inner circle, hes sitting to the left of his father-in-law, osama bin laden, along with top lieutenants ayman al zawahiri and mohammad attaf. ghaith was appearing in video making ominous statements "we have the right to kill 4 million americans with chemical and biological weapons....

Challenged. >> reporter: the obama administration is trying to close gitmo, not add to its prisoners and trying abu ghaith in new york wont jeopardize national security. >> it would be easy to try in new york. new york federal court has 100% conviction rate for people accused of al qaeda crimes. >> reporter: his indictment unsealed, he stands accused of one count of conspireing to kill americans and allegedly recruiting others to do the same. in court documents prosecutors quote him saying this ...

Crimes. >> reporter: his indictment unsealed, he now stands accused of one count of conspiring to kill americans and allegedly recruiting others to do the same. in court documents, prosecutors quote him saying this after 9/11. the storms will not stop especially the airplane storms, warning americans not to board any aircraft and not to live in high rises. >> susan joins me live from outside the courthouse. what else happened in this first appearance? this must have been absolutely fascinating f...

York. new york federal court has 100% conviction rate for al qaeda crimes. >> reporter: his indictment unsealed abu ghaith is accused of one count of conspiring to kill americans and recruiting others to do the same. in court documents, prosecutors quote him saying this after 911. the storms will not stop, especially the airplane storms, warning americans not to board any aircraft and not to live in high rises. abu ghaith has been called the mouthpiece of bin laden. one with fbi official compare...

Fight. the reason he is in the u.s. is because the system is better, stronger rules of evidence. this man who was quoted as saying, the storms will not stop-especially the airplane storms on the u.s. so rope one you want him in new york. the reason why you want him in new york is if you want the world to see this guy is not going to get away with itdeter g exactly what he wassing too. >> shepard: its our understanding he had no operational involvement, that he wasnt a threat of that kind. report...

Obama administration to try defendants like this in civilian courts. suleman abu ghaiths lawyer pleaded not guilty on his clients behalf to the federal charge of conspireing to kill americans. osama bin ladens son-in-law and al qaeda spokesman had a few short answers to questions asked by the judge. though prosecutor said that he already gave a 22-page statement not made public. talking is what got him notice in the first place, including on this video in which osama bin laden and him talk about...

Makes him an enemy combatant who should be tried by a military commission at guantanamo. >> were putting the administration on notice. we think that sneaking this guy into the country clearly going around the intent of congress when it comes to enemy combatants will be challenged. >> reporter: but the obama administration says its trying to close gitmo, not add to its prisoners and trying abu ghaith in new york wont jeopardize national security. >> its a case that would be easy to try in new yor...

>> reporter: one of the things we learned today is that apparently the prosecution is going to introduce a 22-page statement, remarks that suleiman abu ghaith made to prosecutors after he was taken into kufpltd it does appear that much of the case, much much the case against this accused terrorist will be his own words and pictures that al-qaida recorded. the judge even quoted some of the material that is in the indictment. at one point suleiman abu ghaith is recorded as saying, speaking about t...