United States v. Abu Ghayth
Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York
17 F. Supp. 3d 289 (2014)
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After meeting repeatedly with Osama bin Laden and agreeing to serve as a religious spokesman for al-Qaeda, Ghayth made a video praising the September 11 attacks and appeared in three more videos threatening the United States with continuous airplane attacks and warning people not to fly or live in high-rises, leading to his indictment for conspiring to kill U.S. nationals based on these recorded threats.
IssueFree
Whether, in certain circumstances, threatening speech can qualify as an overt act sufficient to support a charge of conspiracy.