in the attacks on u.s. facilities in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. the justice department would not say whether he has been mirandized yet, but according to past experience, u.s. officials can hold a detainee on board a ship for interrogation for up to a month. at some point, he will be given a lawyer and will be brought to the u.s. district court in washington, d.c. where a criminal complaint filed last year was unsealed today. katala was nabbed south of benghazi by a combined team of special operators and representative of the fbi. pentagon officials say there were no casualties during the operation, which took place sunday. this is not the first time that u.s. forces were close to grabbing katala. on october 5th, 2013, when the army delta force surprised another high value target outside his home in tripoli, aer in simultaneous operation by another team was slated in benghazi to grab katala.
last few moments. they praised the mission and raising questions of what is next in terms of the prosecution of the suspect? rather rushing to read him miranda rights and telling him he has the right to remain silent. i hope they will focus on the intelligence necessary and define the other terrorist responsible for the benghazi terrorist attacks. and the justice department told reporters they will not say whether or not the suspect was read his mir apda rights and upon capture he was brought in from intelligence interrogation. and a big question coming up in the hours and days ahead is the intelligence. are we finding new information about exactly what happened in benghazi and at that facility? back on september 11th, 2012, and number two, are we learning about new suspects that we are
in chief is to keep the american people safe. that was the president minutes ago speaking at a stop in pennsylvania. here we go. let s go to the pentagon. take a listen. has been charged for his role on the attacks in the u.s. facilities in benghazi, libya on september 11th, 2012. no u.s. personnel or civilians were injured in this operation which was carried out in close coordination with law enforcement personnel. the united states has taken khattalah to a secure location outside libya. he will be brought to the united states to stand trial in a court of law. secretary hagel is proud of everyone who meticulously planned and executed this operation. they took great personal risk to fulfill our pledge that the united states will do whatever it takes to ensure justice comes
jennifer griffin is live for us at the pentagon with breaking information. jennifer? reporter: fox news confirmed the benghazi suspect, ahmed abu khattala was taken to a u.s. naval vessel in international waters where he s already been interrogated by an intelligence team. sunday night on orders from the commander in chief the united states military conducted an operation to capture ahmed abu khattala. khattala has been charged for his role in the attacks on u.s. facilities in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. reporter: the pentagon said he s in u.s. custody held in a secure location outside of libya and they wouldn t say whether he s been mirandized yet but they can hold detainee onboard a ship for interrogations for up to a month. he was nabbed outside of benghazi by a combined team of
u.s. special forces and representative of the fbi. there were no casualties during the operation, which took place sunday. this is not the first time that u.s. special operation forces were close to grab ibing khatta. another target was surprised outside his home in tripoli. a near simultaneous operation was in benghazi to grab khattala. there was trouble at the location in benghazi back in october so khattala slipped away. khattala was living in plain sight and had done interviews with multiple news outlets including the new york times. he met with journalists in public and favored sipping lattes at a local hotel in benghazi. he was very confident he would never be captured. video of the attack on the night of september 11th, 2012, allegedly shows him at the consulate the night of the attack.