Sami al Arian - time factor/pre 9-11 sentiment saves his terrorist bacon

If al Arian had committed the same infractions post 9-11 instead of before the war on terror, he would be so far back in the hole they'd have to pump air to him. AS it is we have to live with the fact he beat some, but not all of the charges. Right now, he will be answering to the rest before long.

06/13/2005
FBI Suspected Al-Arian Terrorist Ties As Early As 1991
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Is Sami Al-Arian guilty of terrorist plots?
Based on years of wiretaps, John Ashcroft says the embattled South Florida professor was a terror-cell mastermind. Al-Arian calls it "politics."
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By Eric Boehlert
Feb. 21, 2003 |
Professor Sami Al-Arian, the Florida academic whose alleged involvement with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad thrust him into the center of a raging controversy, was arrested Thursday, charged with financing and supporting that terrorist group. Attorney General John Ashcroft's Justice Department handed down a sweeping 50-count indictment against Al-Arian and seven other men, charging them with conspiracy to commit murder, giving material support to an outlawed group, extortion, perjury, and other offenses.
An indictment against Al-Arian had been rumored for months, but the one returned this week by a federal grand jury in Tampa was more expansive than most observers had expected. It accuses Al-Arian of masterminding a terrorist support group that thrived in south Florida for nearly 20 years.
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