Hearing waived for Capitol bomb suspect

Feb 22, 2012 3:41 PM
This artist rendering shows Amine El Khalifi before U.S. District Judge T. Rawles Jones Jr. in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.(AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren) A Virginia man charged with plotting a suicide bombing inside the U.S. Capitol has waived his rights to preliminary and detention hearings. Feb 22, 2012 2:51 PM
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