Posted by Orin Kerr:
Shameful:
Although the facts of the case are still unfolding, it looks like the
three men prosecuted for being members of an Al Qaeda-affilliated
sleeper cell in Michigan [1]may not have been helping terrorists at
all -- and that prosecutors illegally withheld evidence tending to
show that from the defense.
In one of the most significant setbacks for the Bush
administration's war on terror, the Justice Department plans to ask
a federal judge in Detroit to set aside the terrorism-related
convictions of three Middle Eastern men last year, U.S. News has
learned. Judge Gerald Rosen of the U.S. District Court is expected
to honor the government's request, perhaps by week's end.
. . .
In extensive court documents expected to be filed in the federal
district court in the Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. officials
say, the Justice Department plans to acknowledge that its case was
full of holes, and that investigators had little evidence to
support the allegations that two of the men had provided material
support to terrorists.
References
1. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/terrorism040831.htm
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