U.S. government kept tabs on alleged terrorist cell

Monday, September 16, 2002

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An alleged terrorist cell based in western New York and trained by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network had been on the U.S. government's radar since before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a prosecutor said Sunday.

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