Detroit Terror Case Shows Snares

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- The collapse in Detroit of the Justice Department's first post-Sept. 11 prosecution of an alleged terrorist sleeper cell has left the Bush administration with few high-profile major criminal victories in the war on terrorism -- and a growing list of losses and questionable cases.
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* In Portland, Ore., lawyer Brandon Mayfield was held for days as a material witness in May after the FBI mistakenly said his fingerprint matched one found on a plastic bag connected to the deadly terror bombings in Madrid, Spain. Closer inspection proved the supposed match wrong.

* Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, N.Y., were released on bail Aug. 25 after a federal judge concluded the men were not as dangerous as prosecutors alleged. The evidence included a notebook found at an Iraqi terrorist camp that investigators initially said referred to one man as "commander;" FBI translators later said the reference probably means "brother."

* A Saudi college student in Boise, Idaho, was acquitted in June on charges of giving terrorists material support by creating an Internet network that prosecutors claimed fostered Islamic extremism and helped them recruit. "There was no clear-cut evidence that said he was a terrorist, so it was all on inference," juror John Steger said after the verdict.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-prosecuting-terror,0,3271645.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Was it Krugman or Blumenthal on C-SPAN's book talk who said we'd look back on this as one of the most shameful times in our history?

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I think it was me...

but not on Booktalk, so they can take the credit.

Do not ever let it be forgotten that Clinto and Reno actually CAUGHT terrorists, and foiled plots.

Do not let it be forgotten that after three years and two wars, we have not had ONE SINGLE conviction.

They can't even keep Code Pink out of their own convention, so how the hell can they catch real terrorists?