"Supreme Court decision may limit access to terror cases"
But his occasional alliance with the court's more liberal justices could be struck again in future terror cases.
Nationwide, federal prosecutors have had mixed results prosecuting terror cases.
Human rights groups applauded the ruling as a landmark that set a civilized standard for evidence in terror cases.
The case has been monitored by civil libertarians, who see it as an example of overreaching in terror cases.
The trial tests the government's practice of long detention of witnesses in terror cases.
Other terror cases have been more high profile, though the Detroit case is the first to result in a courtroom trial.
The article allows the president to use military courts for "terror" cases even for civilians.
It is also common for young men, including some of those involved in the terror case, to go to Yemen to select a wife.
Also, Ms. White's office has a long track record on terror cases.