The Washington Post By: Jerry Markon September 14, 2008 Link: Click here Sami Al-Arian one of the nation’s most prominent terrorism defendants, was about to be released into his daughter’s custody to await a new trial on contempt charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg protested, saying that “in this particular[Read More…]
The New York Sun July 28, 2008 by: Josh Gerstein Link:Click here Add to del.icio.us Add to Digg Add to Facebook Add to Newsvine A federal prosecutor who has led a series of investigations into Islamic militants and Muslim groups based in Virginia, Gordon Kromberg, may soon be facing a[Read More…]
Wall Street Journal Law’s Blog Sep. 15, 2008 By Ashby Jones Link: Click here It’s not often that an assistant U.S. Attorney gets singled out and criticized by name (far more frequent, it seems, are attacks on an entire U.S. Attorney’s office or the Justice Department itself.) But the Washington[Read More…]
March 11, 2009 By Scott Horton Link: Click here The Associated Press reports:The Justice Department may have hoodwinked a defendant in a high-profile terrorism case into thinking his plea bargain would protect him from further prosecutions, a federal judge said Monday. Monday’s hearing in U.S. District Court was the latest[Read More…]
TIME MAGAZINE DEC. 19, 2005 Handing the Justice Department one of its most embarrassing post-9/11 defeats, the jurors last week acquitted al-Arian BY: TIM PADGET Link: Click here That evidence, presented in a 2003 federal indictment, may well be damning stuff in the U.S. court of public opinion. But a[Read More…]
The Daily Star Beirut, Lebanon Inside America December 17, 2005Ron Chepesiuk Can an Arab and anti-Israel activist get a fair trial in post 9-11 America, especially when its government has the unprecedented power of the Patriot Act to pursue investigations, while much of the media abandons its independent role and[Read More…]
LAW.com Acquittal in terrorism trial described as ‘colossal embarrassment’ for Bush administration’s Justice Department Julie Kay December 15, 2005 Link: Click here As soon as they read the indictment, attorney William B. Moffitt and co-counsel Linda Moreno made the call to present no witnesses, evidence or documents to refute the[Read More…]
St. Petersburg Times Dong-Phuong Nguyen July 26, 2003 Link: Click here TAMPA – Fired University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, facing life in prison if convicted of having terrorist ties, will represent himself in court. During a hearing in federal court in Tampa on Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas[Read More…]
Neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys recall the former USF professor calling the U.S. “the great Satan.” By MEG LAUGHLIN Published May 4, 2006 Link:Click here TAMPA – When U.S. District Judge James Moody delivered a stinging rebuke of Sami Al-Arian Monday, he began by accusing him of publicly praising the[Read More…]
Inter Press ServicesBy Ali Gharib July 2, 2008 Link: Click here WASHINGTON – Palestinian activist and former university professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned Monday in U.S. federal court on two counts of criminal contempt for his refusal to testify in a grand jury investigation of a Northern Virginia Muslim think-tank.[Read More…]
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