St. Petersburg TimesJanuary 23, 2004 Speed up the evidence exchange, he urges the lawyers, noting that trial is just a year away. By Graham Brink Link: Click here TAMPA – U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas McCoun expressed concern Thursday about the pace of the required exchange of evidence in the terrorism[Read More…]
St. Petersburg TimesJanuary 22, 2004 The legal team for Sami Al-Arian and 3 co-defendants argues they have rights to free speech and association. By Graham Brink Link: Click here TAMPA – The lawyers for four men accused of supporting a terrorist organization set out a variety of reasons Wednesday why[Read More…]
Bradenton HeraldFebruary 26, 2003Irina Slutsky Link: Click here TAMPA – Black and white. Christian and Muslim. Women, men and children. Students and retirees. They marched outside of the federal courthouse Tuesday protesting the arrest of a man they respect. A man they believe is a leader, a scholar and perhaps[Read More…]
St. Petersburg TimesJune 19, 2003By Mary Jo Melone Link: Click here Leena is a sophomore at USF. You would probably not notice her around the Tampa campus except as another of those Muslim girls in a hijab, the traditional headcovering that manages to not just cover her hair but also[Read More…]
The Tampa TribuneJuly 26, 2003By Elaine Silvestrini TAMPA – After warning Sami Al-Arian he was a “fool” for wanting to represent himself on charges of supporting terrorism, a federal judge Friday bowed to the defendant’s demand and discharged two court- appointed lawyers from the case. “I believe I would be[Read More…]
Palm Beach PostAugust 3, 2003By Paul Lomartire Link: Click here TAMPA — In a high-security federal prison north of Tampa, Sami Al- Arian spends 23 hours of every day locked in a 7-by-13-foot cell. No watch. No clock. No window through which to see daylight. One hour a day, five[Read More…]
St. Petersburg TimesSeptember 3, 2003By Susan Taylor Martin Link: Click here When former University of South Florida instructor Mazen Al-Najjar was deported last year, it took a private jet, four pilots and a four- man escort to get him from Florida to Beirut, Lebanon. It also cost U.S. taxpayers at[Read More…]
St. Petersburg TimesSeptember 9, 2003By CHRISTOPHER GOFFARD Link: Click here Casting himself as a First Amendment martyr being persecuted for expressing unpopular political views, Sami Al-Arian is asking a federal judge to drop charges that he aided terrorists. In documents made public Monday in U.S. District Court, the former University[Read More…]
The Independent (London)September 10, 2003By Andrew Gumbel Link: Click here A Palestinian university professor being held in solitary confinement on terrorism charges in Florida has urged a federal judge to throw out his case, saying it amounted to a “thoughtless slaughter of First Amendment rights” and sought to criminalise him[Read More…]
Associated PressBy Vickie Chachere October 31, 2003 TAMPA, Fla. — A prominent Washington attorney taking on the defense of a former professor indicted on charges he raised money for Islamic terrorists said Friday his first challenge to the government is to justify the conditions under which his client is being[Read More…]
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