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It has been requested recently that letters urging Dr. Al-Arian’s release be sent to Judge Gerald Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and to congressional leaders.
Supporters are also being asked to write letters directly to Dr. Al-Arian.
Please write:
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
(202) 307-6777 Fax
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Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
House Judiciary Chair:
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr
2426 Rayburn Building
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(202) 225-5126
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john.conyers@mail.house.gov
Senate Judiciary Chair:
Senator Patrick Leahy
433 Russell Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-4242
senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
To contribute to Dr. Al-Arian’s legal defense, please send checks to:
National Liberty Fund
P.O. Box 1211
24525 E. Welches Road
Welches, OR 97067
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This Could Happen to Anyone
No it can’t. That’s such BS and only truly stupid people believe that. Congratulations.
He wasn’t arrested for being a “vocal supporter” of the Palestinian cause.
If so, Will (for example) would be in prison.
So would Fadi. So would the entire staff of MELEAC at Columbia, and Edward Said before them.
You can’t swing a cat without hitting a “vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause” who isn’t in jail.
99.999% of them are going about their business.
His own lawyer admitted he was in the Islamic Jihad.
Yes, said Moffitt, Al-Arian was affiliated with the cultural, charitable arm of the PIJ, and he lied to the media about it because he was afraid WISE would be shut down.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/10/Hillsborough/Evidence_is_lacking__.shtml
If your own lawyer has to say that, on the record, in court, you know the situation is worse.
It won’t happen – and hasn’t happened – to “anyone.”
Fadi is a “vocal supporter” of the Palestinian cause. He’s said many pro-terrorist things. He called George Habash (a founder of a designated terrorist group) a hero.
Has he been arrested for any of it?
No.
Will he be?
No. And, of course, he shouldn’t be.
Fadi also has never written a letter soliciting funds for a terrorist attack. If he did, he would be investigated and eventually prosecuted.
The whole “this could happen to anyone” crap is so dumb and lazy.
You will never get anywhere unless you get past a bumper sticker mentally.
Sometimes you guys pick smart causes, other times, not so much.
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008, 7:11 pmIf they had a good case against him, anon, he would have been convicted in a court of law. Instead, the governement is depending on legalistic tricks and shady plans to keep him incarcerated. Either we’re a “nation of laws,” or we’re not.
Posted by safyy | April 2, 2008, 7:32 pmNo, quite the opposite.
If he testified, as he was subpoenaed to do – the same thing “anyone” subpoenaed has to do – then he would be leaving jail this month, per his original sentence, and deported, per his original sentence.
Anyone who refuses to testify will face the same contempt orders.
His attorneys are the ones who tried the “legalistic tricks” by arguing – and losing three times – that his plea agreement says he doesn’t have to comply with a subpoena to testify.
His plea agreement says no such thing, which is why he keeps losing.
That, again, is not something that happens to just “anyone,” nor will it.
That line is disingenuous beyond words.
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008, 7:43 pmObviously you don’t realize it, but when you write: Either we’re a “nation of laws,” or we’re not. – that you’re actually arguing that he should be in jail right now.
The law says that when the federal government subpoenas you to testify in front of a grand jury, you have to appear.
As for the first line of your post, Saffiyah, he was convicted. He plead guilty to a charge of conspiring to aid the Islamic Jihad.
Of course, on the other hand, maybe there is an active campaign by the U.S. government to “silence” all the “vocal supporters” of the Palestinian cause.
I’m sure this website will be shut down and Will and Fadi will be arrested any day now.
Posted by Anonymous | April 2, 2008, 7:49 pmI think it’s fair to say that Emily’s argument has been soundly rebutted.
Posted by Anonymous | April 3, 2008, 8:41 amI like how bloggers like Emily never respond to coherent arguments that challenge their assertions.
Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2008, 8:55 am