The first civilian trial of a former Guantánamo Bay prisoner is set to begin today in New York. Ahmed Ghailani has pleaded not guilty on charges surrounding the 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa that killed 224 people. Ghailani has previously admitted to supplying the attackers but said he was unaware they intended to bomb the embassies. Ghailani’s attorneys say he was tortured at secret CIA prisons before his transfer to Guantánamo in 2006.