United States v. Al-Imam

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. MUSTAFA MUHAMMAD MUFTA AL- Case No. 17-cr-213 (CRC) IMAM, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION On September 11 and 12, 2012, a group of Libyan militants attacked U.S. diplomatic and intelligence facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans died in the attacks, including then- United States Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. Roughly two years after the attacks, the United States captured in Libya one of the men the government believed was responsible for the attacks, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, and brought him…