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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 qaeda's inner circle, he's 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." abu ghaith is also believed to have been in osama bin laden's final stand at tora bora in decemb...

Challenged. >> reporter: the obama administration is trying to close gitmo, not add to its prisoners and trying abu ghaith in new york won't 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 after 9/11, "the storms will not stop, especially the airplane storms, warning americans not to boa...

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 for you to see. but did we learn anything? >> reporter: yes, we did actually learn a couple of intere...

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 compares him to a consiglieri from the mob. >> thank you. >> three minutes after the hour. the other big st...

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: it's our understanding he had no operational involvement, that he wasn't a threat of that kind. reporter: that's right. the counterargument is, number one, security costs and congestion problems in lo...