Tag Archives: Al Qaeda

Broken news: Making room in the Southern District

16th
Nov. × ’09
By Johnny

Last week, we heard that five alleged 9/11 conspirators will finally face a criminal court–just a few blocks away from where the World Trade Center stood. The last time I can recall the choice of a legal venue stirring this much conversation and controversy was when the Rodney King case was moved to Simi Valley. [...]

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Broken News: May the blood of [unintelligible] be directly on your [unintelligible, possible head or hands]

16th
Sep. × ’09
By Johnny

The U.S. Attorney here in New York filed responses to a handful of motions in the Dr. Aafia Siddiqui case yesterday. Much of the memorandum concerns procedural and jurisdictional issues–as well as the ongoing issue of Dr. Siddiqui facing strip searches at the Metropolitan Detention Center each time she meets with her lawyers–but the government’s [...]

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Broken News: ‘Spewing bullets at soldiers is bad…’

1st
Sep. × ’09
By Johnny

Spent some time reading a recent order in the strange case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. A federal judge declared her competent to stand trial. Dr. Siddiqui, briefly, is a Pakistani citizen and graduate of MIT (biology) and Brandeis (neuroscience) who has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on charges of attempting to [...]

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