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…]
InterPress Service (IPS) By Ali Gharib Dec 20, 2007 Link: Click here Sami Al-Arian with son Ali and daughter Lama WASHINGTON, (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Lama Al-Arian looked up into a camera with a broad smile two years ago and called her father a “political prisoner”. But her eyes betray her[Read More…]
Electronic Intifada Crossing the Line April 23, 2007 Link:Crossing the Line: Audio Interview with Nahla Al-Arian
Znet/Zmag.org August 11, 2008 Interview with Laila Al-Arian Link: Click here Dr. Sami Al-Arian, one of the earliest victims of the “war on terror” within the U.S. itself, continues to languish in jail, where he has been since his February 2003 arrest for the “crime” of speaking out on behalf[Read More…]
InterPress News, Alternet.org Ali Gharib July 3, 2008 Link: Click here WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) — 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[Read More…]
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