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More details on that coming up and a lot more. good morning, everybody, happy thursday, i m rob nelson. i m vinita nair. the case viewed as a testing ground for trying terror suspects in civilian courts has ended in a stunning acquittal. prosecutors say the defendant was a bodyguard for osama bin laden who took part in the u.s. embassy bombings that killed more than 200 people. a jury in new york convicted him on just a single charge. abc s jason ryan is in washington with the latest. hi, jason. reporter: thank you, vinita and rob. a federal jury in new york has cleared the first guantanamo bay detainee to face trial in the united states on all but one of the 286 terrorism charges he faced for his role in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings. the verdict could be a blow for the obama administration. and plans to try 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed in a u.s. court. ahmed ghailani was accused of participating in the bombings of u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania and was found ....
Not safe. they are two ingredients that have been adding up to trouble. so we just started feeling just really bad. reporter: the fda s top doc announced an effective ban on energy drinks that contain both alcohol and caffeine, calling the caffeine an unsafe food additive. the makers of one of the drinks, four loko, already announced they would remove the caffeine from the drinks. and only sell the alcoholic version. in a statement, the combination of alcohol and caffeine is safe, but that they didn t want to deal with a difficult and politically charged regulatory environment at both the state and federal levels. the caffeine can mask the signs of intoxication. it can make you feel like you re wide awake, that you aren t drunk, but in fact, your senses are impaired. reporter: in washington state, where a four loko ban goes into effect thursday, cans are flying off the shelves. jason harman wanted two cases ....
mmm. i like the green crunchy ones myself. whoa. explore nature. there are surprises everywhere. go to discovertheforest.org. also restart on the ground inspections that stopped when a previous treaty expired nearly a year ago. lisa murkowski has pulled off a major accomplishment. she becomes the first senator to win a write-in campaign in more than half a century. murkowski, the incumbent, finally declared victory in the alaska senate race last night in anchorage. her tea party-backed challenger joe miller has not yet conceded but republicans in the state are asking him to respect the will of the voters and withdraw. in the house, the balance of power has officially shifted. but the leadership of both parties is staying the same. ohio republican and the current house minority leader john boehner was elected by his colleagues to be the next speaker of the house. it s been expected for weeks. on top of that, outgoing speaker democrat nancy pelosi will be the minority ....
led me to conclude that we needed to be more thorough. reporter: that explains the rise in the use of those full-body scanners which some critics call an electronic strip search, and intimate pat-downs that pilots equate with sexual molestation. that prompted passenger protests like this one. if you touch my junk i m going to have you arrested. reporter: after a flood of complaints one group won t have to undergo intensified searches. children 12 and under are exempted from the enhanced pat-downs. reporter: tsa officials say they re working on a system to exempt pilots, who already undergo extensive security checks. asked if pat-downs make him uncomfortable, pistol said yeah, so it was more invasive than what i was used to. reporter: but, he added, they re necessary. almost 400 body scan machines have been deployed in u.s. airports. magnetometers can identify metal but bombs cab made of liquid and other hard to detect materials. the government continues ....