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Retrial begins in Sear Tower terror case 2 hours, 30 minutes ago Jury selection began Monday for the retrial of six men charged with conspiring with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices around the country. The first trial of the so-called "Liberty City Seven" ended in December in a hung jury for six of the suspects and acquittal for one. The man who was acquitted, Lyglenson Lemorin, is being deported to his native Haiti but is expected to testify for the defense in this second trial. Jury selection is likely to take two weeks or more for the heavily publicized case. U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard ordered that jurors' identities be kept secret. Jurors will be driven to and from the courthouse by federal marshals. Prosecutors say the alleged ringleader, 33-year-old Narseal Batiste, plotted with two men he thought had al-Qaida connections to blow up the 110-story Sears Tower and attack FBI offices in Miami and several other cities. The two men were FBI informants. One of them, known to the group as "Brother Mohammed," led the men in pledging loyalty to al-Qaida in a ceremony videotaped by the FBI. Batiste testified in the first trial that he was never serious about the plot and only went along in hopes of extorting $50,000 from the purported al-Qaida man. If convicted on four conspiracy and material support charges, the six remaining defendants face up to 70 years in prison. They are all from Miami's impoverished Liberty City neighborhood. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
