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US v. Ahmend Omar Abu Ali, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, October 24, 2005 [ruling that US federal prosecutors can use a confession allegedly made under torture in Saudi Arabia by Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a US citizen charged with conspiracy to assassinate the president, conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy, providing material support to al Qaeda and various other crimes]. Read the full text of the memorandum opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.