May 20, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Defense attorneys say Sami Al-Arian cannot get a fair trial. By Bill Varian Link: Click here TAMPA – A jury has been selected to consider charges that former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian supported terrorism, but his attorneys still say the trial[Read More…]
July 19, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Prosecutors hoped he would help prove obstruction of justice. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – Federal prosecutors had hoped that the testimony of a prominent Palestinian legislator would ultimately help convict Sami Al-Arian. Instead, he turned out to be a star witness[Read More…]
Aug. 9, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Prosecutors are trying to prove that Sami Al-Arian solicited money for terrorist acts. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – Prosecutors in the case of Sami Al-Arian returned Monday to what they have called a “very important” piece of evidence: a letter written[Read More…]
Aug. 10, 2005 St. Petersburg Times However, the subject in a spring 2005 interview says he didn’t receive a letter from the former USF professor. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – Attorneys for Sami Al-Arian got a big surprise in federal court Tuesday when prosecutors handed them a[Read More…]
Aug. 24, 2005 St. Petersburg Times The cross-examination of an FBI agent could be a preview of Sami Al-Arian’s defense strategy. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA- William Moffitt looked from side to side, as if casing the joint, and set himself firmly before the FBI agent in the[Read More…]
Aug. 30, 2005 St. Petersburg Times One juror sent a note to the judge saying some jurors had been discussing their opinions on the trial. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA– Was there jury misconduct? That is the question the federal judge in the trial of Sami Al-Arian and[Read More…]
St.Petersburg Times Sept. 23, 2005 by Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA– The trial of Dr. Sami Al-Arian reached a new low last week when Judge James Moody made a controversial decision allowing the prosecution to use web sites as evidence. Defense attorneys for Dr. Al-Arian and three other men[Read More…]
Oct. 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times The defense isn’t supposed to talk about violence against Palestinians, but that’s what it brought to jurors’ attention by focusing on translation errors. By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA -A defense attorney at the trial of Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants used evidence[Read More…]
Oct. 25 , 2005 Counterpunch.org By John Sugg Link: Click here OK, for a start, there really is no “Judith Miller and me,” at least in the sense that I’d invite her to my birthday party. But I have talked to her on the phone a few times (nothing to[Read More…]
October 28, 2005 St. Petersburg Times by Meg Laughlin Link: Click here TAMPA – As the prosecution rested Thursday in the trial of Sami Al-Arian, his attorney, Bill Moffitt, stood up to begin the defense. Or so those in the courtroom thought. Moffitt stunned the room: “On behalf of Dr.[Read More…]
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