US settles with 9/11 detainee for $300,000

The US government has agreed to pay $300,000 (€252,000) to an Egyptian man who was detained for nearly a year following the September 11, 2001, attacks but was never linked to terrorism.

The settlement was filed in Brooklyn federal court yesterday, said lawyer Haeyoung Yoon, who represents Ehab Elmaghraby. She said she believed it was the first settlement involving the claims of people detained after September 11.