Ashcroft Files New Terrorist-Related Charge Against Civil Rights Lawyer

[Whoa_Nelly]

The government filed fresh charges yesterday against New York civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart. She is accused of providing assistance to imprisoned radical Egyptian cleric Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman.
Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the charges brought against Stewart and two alleged co-conspirators - postal worker Ahmed Sattar and translator Mohammed Yousry,

The new superceding indictment comes after a federal judge in July dismissed charges that the three had conspired to provide material support to Abdel Rahman's Islamic Group – which is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. Judge John Koetl said the original charges were unconstitutionally vague and "reveal a lack of prosecutorial standards."

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The new indictment describes a series of acts committed by Stewart one of which charges that during a May 2000 prison visit with Abdel Rahman, Stewart, “pretended to be participating in the conversation with Abdel Rahman by making extraneous comments such as ‘chocolate’ and ‘heart attack.’“

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/20/1655224

[GainesT1958]

1. I'm convinced Ashcroft will "eat" anybody...

Who doesn't "eat him" first!:eyes:

B-)

[Socialist Christian]

2. Here we go. Now the barristers are falling <nt>

[mmm]

3. It is now a crime to represent 'terrorists'!

I have seen no evidence whatever that Lynne Stewart
is anything but a competent, compassionate attorney
who takes on unpopular clients.

In many ways this is a turning point
in attorney/client relations. And it is not pretty.