NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused on Wednesday to let a key witness testify in the first criminal trial of a terrorism suspect from the Guantanamo Bay military prison, a setback for the Obama administration's effort to prosecute such cases.
The trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani at Manhattan federal court was delayed until next Tuesday to give prosecutors time to review the ruling and decide on an appeal.
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