NY judge sets hearing for terror suspect to try to prove his statements should be suppressed
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Over government objections, a New York judge says a Libyan man facing terrorism charges is entitled to a hearing to prove his claims that his statements to the FBI were coerced.
Judge Lewis Kaplan scheduled a hearing for next week after hearing arguments Wednesday from lawyers.
Abu Anas al-Libi has asked the judge to suppress statements he made on his plane ride to America a week after he was snatched off the streets of Tripoli in October 2013. He says they were coerced, and he was abused physically and psychologically.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He has pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998. The attacks killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans.
The government says al-Libi was properly advised of his rights.