Tags: Counter-terrorism

Osama bin Laden's spokesman, and son-in-law, was recently captured in Jordan and apparently read his Miranda Rights. He will immediately be flown to New York, and is set to appear in a New York court room, as early as Friday, intelligence reported.

Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded the bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Reuters reported. Belmokhtar was one of the world's most wanted jihadists. This was a major blow to al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula.

The United States can lawfully kill a U.S. citizen overseas if it determines the target is an immediate threat to its national security, a legal memo has shown.