ASSOCIATED PRESS March 5, 2009 By MATTHEW BARAKAT Link: Click here McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have defied a judge’s order to turn over evidence of their internal deliberations in coming to a plea agreement with a former professor once accused of being a top Palestinian terrorist.The government’s decision[Read More…]
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES March 6, 2009 By MEG LAUGHLIN Link: Click here For the first time, federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., have acknowledged that when Sami Al-Arian took a plea deal in early 2006, federal prosecutors in Tampa believed — as did Al-Arian — that it exempted him from testifying[Read More…]
St. Petersburg Times April 23, 2009 By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here On Friday, a U.S. Circuit Court judge in Virginia will either dismiss the criminal contempt case against former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian or set a trial date. If the judge’s comments in court are any[Read More…]
By Tom Jackman
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A federal judge in Alexandria ruled yesterday that she would not throw out contempt-of-court charges against former professor Sami al-Arian, who has refused to cooperate with a terrorism investigation, and set his case for trial on March 9.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said that Arian can use the defense that he was relying on the advice of his attorneys when he declined to testify before grand juries investigating whether Muslim groups in Herndon were financing terrorism in the Middle East.
“We are very gratified by Judge Brinkema’s rulings with regard to the trial,” said Jonathan Turley, one of Arian’s attorneys. “We look forward to putting Dr. al-Arian’s case in front of the jury.”
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