So says Andrew Cochran over at the Counterterrorism Blog regarding Sami Al-Arian's
acquittal yesterday on 8 of the 17 charges brought against him.
Cochran calls it "the most important terrorism-related trial in the
U.S. since the 9/11 attacks." Worse, he concludes that
"the verdicts are an enormous defeat for
the Justice Department and, I predict, will have a chilling effect
on all planned terrorism prosecutions, especially in Florida
… Yes, the government can retry Al-Arian on
the deadlocked counts, but realistically, that will be very
tough."
