Law & national security

Growing Body of Law Allows Prosecution of Foreign Citizens on U.S. Soil

Arrested in Djibouti while he was en route to Yemen from Somalia, far from his home in Britain, Madhi Hashi was baffled to find himself jailed in Manhattan.
He admitted to prison officials that he was a member of the Shabab, the Somali militant group. But he “did not understand why he had been brought to the United States to stand trial,” he said, according to court documents.