NEW YORK (AP) ? A New York judge has rejected claims by a lawyer for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law that the defense team in his terrorism case needs protection from "willy-nilly" eavesdropping by the government.
Judge Lewis Kaplan said Monday "not a shred of evidence" had been offered to support the defense's claim in the case against Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (SOO'-lay-mahn AH'-boo GAYTH).
Abu Ghaith attorney Stanley Cohen had sought a restraining order to prevent the government from secretly listening in on the defense team's work.
Cohen claimed NSA leaker Edward Snowden's revelations show the government "is allowed to willy-nilly monitor" communications. His client is charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as al-Qaida's spokesman.
A prosecutor assured the judge that no investigators were spying on the defense's phone and Internet communications
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ny-judge-sees-no-evidence-spying-terror-case-205429064.html
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