US terror convict seeks easier prison conditions

A lawyer for the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing asked a US federal appeals court to let him investigate why the government insists his imprisoned client is still a danger to America.

Attorney Bernard Kleinman wants the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to let him gather facts from prosecutors about why Ramzi Yousef remains held under the strictest security measures 15 years after they were first imposed.