Department spokesman Matthew Miller says Ahmed Ghailani was convicted in a federal court in New York of a serious crime for which he could be sentenced to life in prison. Ghailani was acquitted of more than 280 other criminal charges stemming from al-Qaida's 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Miller told reporters that the administration will continue to rely on a combination of civilian courts and military commissions to handle terrorism cases. Attorney General Eric Holder's plan to try avowed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in New York is on hold because of opposition in Congress.
