1.0 link 11835 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/sami-alarian-the-terror-v_b_11835.html Courtroom defeats for prosecutors don’t come much more embarrassing than the one suffered Tuesday in the Florida terror trial of Sami Al-Arian, who was acquitted on key charges of abetting terrorists. Along with three other defendants, Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor, was charged with helping to lead a Palestinian terrorist group from his home near Tampa. Feds, who'd been eying A-Arian for nearly a decade, finally got their chance to indict him following 9/11 when the...

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