INTEGRITY - AT 8:51 P.M. ET: The only pirate who survived the recent confrontation with the U.S. Navy off Somalia - his name is Muse - has been brought to New York for trial. But there are issues about his age. Get this, from today's dispatch from the New York Daily News:
The feds said Muse had given conflicting information about his age - telling Navy officials and an NYPD detective he was anywhere between 15 and 26.
The judge called Muse's father in Somalia and he said his son was his first-born and was born in November 1993, making him just 15.
Under questioning, though, the father said his fourth-born son was born in 1990 - and the judge ruled his testimony was not credible.
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April 21, 2009
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