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Section: General News - Former Gitmo detainee, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, refuses to appear at his first day in civil court as his lawyers argue he was denied a right speedy trial despite government claims it was for legitimate reasons.
Defense lawyers argued the criminal case against the first detainee transferred from Guantanamo Bay for trial in a U.S. civilian court should be thrown out because he was denied the right to a speedy trial.
The government countered that the prosecution of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani -- a Tanzanian national charged for his alleged role in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya -- was delayed for a legitimate reason: gathering …