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Obama administration to try defendants like this in civilian courts. suleman abu ghaith's lawyer pleaded not guilty on his client's behalf to the federal charge of conspireing to kill americans. osama bin laden's 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 the success of the plot. the indictment said ghaith warned americans that a great army is gather...

Makes him an enemy combatant who should be tried by a military commission at guantanamo. >> we're 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 it's trying to close gitmo, not add to its prisoners and trying abu ghaith in new york won't jeopardize national security. >> it's a case that would be easy to try in new york. the court in new york has a 100% conviction rate for people accused of al qaeda crimes. >> re...

>> 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 the united states and i quote "the storms shall not stop especially the airplane storms." at this hou...