February 20, 2006 USF Oracle In only his second interview since being arrested exactly three years ago on terrorism-related charges, former USF professor Sami Al- Arian discusses his trial, the conditions of his incarceration and the suffering his family has endured. by Ryan Blackburn Link:Click here “I woke up and[Read More…]
March 3, 2006 St. Petersburg TimesThe Rev. Warren Clark is an outspoken supporter of the imprisoned former USF professor. By Sheryl Kay Link:Click here TEMPLE TERRACE – During his seminary days, Pastor Warren Clark earned the nickname “el hippie.” An avowed pacifist, he also believed the ministry should promote nonviolence[Read More…]
March 19, 2006 St. Petersburg Times When the government charged Sameeh Hammoudeh with terrorism-related activities, it used transcripts from wiretaps that may have been unfairly edited. By Meg Laughlin Link:Click here On that chilly day three years ago when Hammoudeh was arrested, two FBI agents handcuffed him and drove him[Read More…]
April 17, 2006 Creative Loafing, JohnSugg.comBy John Sugg Sami Al-Arian’s case is near an end. He has agreed to plead guilty to one of the lesser counts in the indictment against him. He admits he participated in the activities of Palestinian Islamic Jihad prior to Jan. 24, 1994, and that[Read More…]
April 25, 2006 St. Petersburg Times Disagreements appear to have triggered a defense lawyer’s request to withdraw from the case in December. By Meg Laughlin Link:Click here TAMPA – In the secret courtroom negotiations over Sami Al-Arian’s plea deal last week, a federal magistrate said he didn’t agree with defense[Read More…]
April 28, 2006 St. Petersburg Times Unsealed transcripts of court hearings tell the story of the plea deal. By Meg Laughlin Link:Click here TAMPA – For months after Sami Al-Arian’s terrorism-related trial, there were rumors of secret negotiations between federal prosecutors and defense attorneys. But no one, besides the judge[Read More…]
November 10, 2006 St. Petersburg Times He says a U.S. prosecutor openly condemned Islam and is aiming to stretch his client’s sentence. By Meg Laughlin Link:Click here Documents unsealed in the Sami Al-Arian case Thursday raise questions about an assistant U.S. attorney’s motives for requiring Al-Arian to testify before a[Read More…]
November 15, 2006 Creative LoafingBy John F. Sugg and Wayne Garcia Link:Click here Michael Fechter, whose reporting led to the decade-long federal investigation of Sami Al-Arian, and Cherie Krigsman, one of the case’s federal prosecutors, are an item. Fechter confirmed to Creative Loafing this week that he and Krigsman have[Read More…]
November 17, 2006 St. Petersburg TimesBy Meg Laughlin Link:Click here Sami Al-Arian, who has 174 days left on a 57-month sentence for aiding a terrorist group with nonviolent activities, was found guilty of contempt in federal court in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday. His sentence will now be put on hold[Read More…]
December 4, 2006 Truthdig.comBy Chris Hedges Link:Click here The Democrats may have taken control of the House and Senate, but we still live in George Bush’s America. It is an America the imprisoned Palestinian activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian, who has spent over two years in isolation, knows intimately. Dr. Al-Arian,[Read More…]
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