Britons who pleaded guilty to U.S. terror charges seek secret files


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  • Saturday, 05 Apr 2014

Syed Talha Ahsan (R), a British national accused of operating a website that promoted jihad and supported al Qaeda, is pictured as he plead guilty in this courtroom sketch in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut December 10, 2013. U.S. prosecutors said that Ahmad Babar and Ahsan ran the website that raised funds for Muslim militants in Afghanistan and Chechnya. The two were extradited to the United States from Britain last year. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin

MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Two British men who pleaded guilty to raising money for al Qaeda and the Taliban go to a U.S. court on Friday seeking access to secret documents about a witness whose testimony could influence how long they spend in prison.

The pair, 39-year-old Babar Ahmad and 34-year-old Syed Talha Ahsan, have argued in papers filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, that they have a right to more information on the witness, British citizen Saajid Badat.

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