"Thisparticularsentenceimposes a brief period of shame, indignity, whatever you will," hesaid. "Rather than incarceration, thisisabetterwayof molding attitudes and shaping mind-set."
Abu Ghaith's decision to leave Iran to travel to Turkey led to the chain of events that resulted in him being taken in to custody by U.S. officials in the Middle East and then transferred to New York for trial there ratherthanincarceration at Guantanamo, Cuba.