Federal prosecutors again failed to win convictions for six Florida men on terror-related charges, as a deadlocked jury led a judge to declare a mistrial in the case Wednesday.
The men, part of a group dubbed the "Liberty City Seven," were charged with planning an attack on Chicago's Sears Tower following a 2006 FBI raid on a warehouse that served as their headquarters and "temple" in Liberty City, one of Miami's poorest neighborhoods.
An earlier jury acquitted one man and deadlocked over counts against the other six in December.
Critics accused the Bush administration of "see
terrorism under every rock," and of essentially fabricating a major terror case against seven men using a paid informant.
At the time of the raid, then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales personally announced the details of the case against the men at a press conference. He said the men aimed to wage a "full ground war against the United States" and vowed to "kill all the devils we can."
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