Another Terrorism Mistrial, But Overall Far More Convictions Than Acquittals

Published: December 13, 2007, 5:07 pm

From the Associated Press: "One of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and a mistrial was declared for the six others after the federal jury deadlocked. Federal prosecutor Richard Gregorie said the government plans to retry the six next year." This joins other terrorism-related trials which ended with underwhelming results for the government prosecutors: Holy Land Foundation; Sami al-Arian; Benevolence International founder Enaam Arnaout; Sami al-Hussayen in Idaho; Mohamed Salah and Abdelhalim Ashqar in Chicago; and others. Although the government failed in a number of these high-profile cases, it's important to review the entire caseload of terrorism-related prosecutions. Jeffrey Breinholt, who led prosecutors in terrorism-related cases at the Justice Department, addressed this at our panel this week on the Holy Land Foundation and the Muslim Brotherhood (which I will summarize in a separate

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