Dec. 13, 2005 ABC Action News TAMPA – Former USF professor Sami Al-Arian was not convicted of taking part in terrorism, but the government still hasn’t set him free. Now, an interesting mix of supporters is calling for his release. “Pull back those bars and let these men go home[Read More…]
Dec. 14, 2005 St. Petersburg TimesBy Kevin Graham Link: Click here TAMPA – Upset that Sami Al-Arian remained in federal prison after a jury last week couldn’t convict him on terrorism-related charges, civil rights activists and family friends called on President Bush to step in. “I think you owe one[Read More…]
Dec. 14, 2005 Weekly PlanetBy John F. Sugg The Sami Al-Arian trial is over. Defenders of the U.S. Constitution are rejoicing. Federal prosecutors and FBI agents are cowering (from the truth and the media). And, it’s time for me to catch up on a few memos I’ve been meaning to[Read More…]
Dec. 14, 2005 Washington PostBy Peter Whoriskey Link: Click here TAMPA– The family and friends of former college professor Sami al-Arian greeted his acquittal on terrorism charges last week with exclamations of “Allahu akbar” — Arabic for “God is great” — and “God bless America.” It was, they said, a[Read More…]
Dec. 12, 2005 St. Petersburg Times Americans’ responses to violent groups are hardly uniform. Take the Irish Republican Army and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. By Susan Taylor Martin Link: Click here By March 1999, federal agents were hot on the case of Sami Al-Arian, the University of South Florida professor suspected[Read More…]
Dec. 8, 2005 St. Petersburg TimesBy Jennifer Liberto Link: Click here Trying Al-Arian and his co-defendants probably cost tens of millions. But no one knows yet. TAMPA – Taxpayers may not see the final bill for putting Sami Al-Arian and three others on trial for several years. While federal government[Read More…]
Dec. 8, 2005 St. Petersburg Times A juror says the case against Sami Al-Arian left them overwhelmed. Now prosecutors have to decide whether to try again. By Meg Laughlin and Justin George Link: Click here TAMPA – After the first full day of jury deliberations in the Sami Al-Arian trial,[Read More…]
Dec. 7, 2005 Huffingtonpost.comBy Eric Boehlert Link: Click here Courtroom defeats for prosecutors don’t come much more embarrassing than the one suffered Tuesday in the Florida terror trial of Sami Al-Arian, who was acquitted on key charges of abetting terrorists. Along with three other defendants, Al-Arian, a former University of[Read More…]
Dec. 7, 2005 Huffingtonpost.comBy Eric Boehlert Link: Click here Courtroom defeats for prosecutors don’t come much more embarrassing than the one suffered Tuesday in the Florida terror trial of Sami Al-Arian, who was acquitted on key charges of abetting terrorists. Along with three other defendants, Al-Arian, a former University of[Read More…]
Weekly PlanetDecember 29, 2004By John F. Sugg Link: Click here In case you were wandering around the Florida wilderness recently and heard a mighty “ka-boom!” — it might have been FBI agent Kerry Myers blowing up a bus. Somehow, Myers’ exercise in pyromania is supposed to be “evidence” in the[Read More…]
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