February 10, 2005

Lawyer Convicted of Helping Terrorist Clients

Win one for the good guys! Lynne Stewart has been convicted of passing information from her terrorist client Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and the radical Egyptian Brotherhood. The Sheik was a key figure in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman was serving a life sentence in a Minnesota jail under a court order that he was to have no contact with the outside world (except for his wife and lawyer) when Stewart passed a message that the jailed cleric no longer supported a cease-fire with the Egyptian government. 'The Blind Sheik' had also been convicted of plotting to assasinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Stewart now faces up to twenty years in prison. Let's hope she gets the maximum sentence.

More: CNN, Reuters

Posted by: Rusty at 03:47 PM | Comments (11) | Add Comment
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1 She should be executed. Forthwith.

Posted by: Preston Taylor Holmes at February 10, 2005 03:53 PM (WsZ4F)

2 why can't we use the same laws to prosecute eason, and the rest of the MSM who carry water and PROPAGANDA for the enemy!?!?!?

Posted by: reliapundit at February 10, 2005 04:44 PM (LIoo8)

3 If we get another 50,000 progressive lawyers in jail it will save millions of lives both in America and elsewhere. Thank God a jury with brains and guts.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at February 10, 2005 05:29 PM (gVJtb)

4 HEY I LOVE THIS BLOG. ITS THE BEST BLOG I HAVE READ SO FAR IN MY LIFE! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND KEEP US INFORMED

Posted by: Billy Faeth at February 10, 2005 07:50 PM (tH51F)

5 Eason did not help terrorists plan to kill Americans; all he did is say America is bad. She helped send instructions to Muslim terrorists on how to kill Americans. There is a very big difference. I do not approve of the anti-America bogotry the MSM has had for 60 years, in most cases I support their right to call me names. On the other hand anyone trying to harm me I will try to kill.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at February 11, 2005 04:59 AM (gVJtb)

6 I am amazed that the filth known as Pelosi has not rushed to her aid.

Posted by: Allah's cousin Earl at February 11, 2005 07:42 AM (yBHNA)

7 Everytime I hear the word progressive I think elitist asshole with shit for brains. I don't know if it is just me or something but after seeing what progressives are like I can't help but view them with distaine. They view their ideas as supreme and everyone elses as superficial. Yet, everytime I have ever engaged in a conversation with one they talk out of bothsides of their mouths. I honestly don't think they understand what they are talking about and I keep getting the image of one of my parrots. They too don't understand what they are saying but they say it over and over.

Posted by: Andre at February 11, 2005 08:23 AM (2kPXV)

8 First Hakeem Olajuwon donates money to the terrorists and now this?!? Blimey!

Posted by: Paladin at February 11, 2005 08:24 AM (Rfqkp)

9 But the Reuters article doesn't say exactly what she did!

Posted by: Libertarian Girl at February 11, 2005 10:32 AM (NigL1)

10 Lynne Stewart was convicted of helping a radical Egyptian sheik pass secret messages from inside prison to followers in his homeland, urging them to launch violent terrorist attacks. Stewart, 65, was charged with aiding a U.S.-designated terror organization, the Islamic Group, wage a broad murder and kidnapping conspiracy. Prosecutors say she and two co-defendants helped her former client, imprisoned blind cleric Omar Abdel Rahman, transmit messages to the group's leaders in defiance of prison restrictions. ``I know I committed no crime,'' Stewart said outside the courthouse in lower Manhattan after the jury returned its guilty verdict. ``I know what I did was right.'' Stewart said the case against her wouldn't have been brought if not for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Stewart defended Rahman, the Islamic Group's spiritual leader, against 1993 charges that he plotted to blow up the United Nations, an FBI building, two tunnels, and a bridge in New York City. He was convicted in 1995 and is serving a life sentence in a high security prison, where Stewart had numerous meetings with him. Stewart, whose clients have included mobsters and political radicals, said she was being prosecuted for her role as an outspoken lawyer. She says she never intended to promote terrorism. `Fear' Stewart's lawyer, Michael Tigar, said he was disappointed at the verdict and vowed to appeal. Trial began in the case in June. ``The jury rendered the verdict more on fear than on the reality of what faced them,'' he said. From 1997 to 2002, Stewart and her co-defendants helped Rahman pass messages to followers in violation of government- imposed restrictions, prosecutors alleged. Rahman relied on the three to withdraw his support for the Islamic Group's cease-fire with the Egyptian government, which the organization adopted after its 1997 attack left 62 people dead in Luxor, Egypt, the U.S. government contended. Stewart, along with Rahman aide Ahmed Abdel Sattar, 44, and interpreter Mohammed Yousry, 48, were accused of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government. Stewart and Yousry also faced charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Prison Visit During a May 19, 2000, prison visit taped by authorities, Stewart allegedly made ``extraneous comments in English'' to drown out a conversation in Arabic between Rahman and Yousry about the Islamic Group's cease-fire with the Egyptian government, prosecutors said. The next day, Rahman dictated a letter to Yousry withdrawing his support for the cease-fire, ``while Stewart actively concealed the conversation,'' prosecutors said. Rahman was prohibited under the conditions of his 1995 imprisonment ``from passing or receiving any written or recorded communications'' to or from other inmates, visitors, or his attorney. In 1999, those restrictions were amended to prohibit him from communicating with the news media in person or through his attorneys, prosecutors said. Stewart, who promised to abide by the agreement, violated those rules and helped Rahman pass secret messages to his followers in Egypt, authorities said. Daughter of Schoolteachers With Stewart's and Yousry's help, Rahman in March 1999 issued a directive from prison advising the Islamic Group to adhere to a cease-fire with the Egyptian government, prosecutors said. Rahman reversed himself in a September 1999 statement communicated through Yousry, following a raid on the Islamic Group by Egyptian police, authorities said. Stewart, the daughter of Irish-American schoolteachers, has defended controversial clients for two decades, from Larry Davis, a drug dealer accused of shooting six New York City police officers in 1986, to David Gilbert, a 1970s radical charged in the fatal robbery of an armored car.

Posted by: Dave at February 11, 2005 11:13 AM (WICUl)

11 It is great to see this article but you still need to post what was actually passed verbatim and specifically to whom. If you leave out that information then we cannot tell if you are distorting what happened. If you can be as clear as possible and you position is drawn from the clear facts then your position is strengthened.

Posted by: Press at February 28, 2005 10:12 AM (w/CcG)

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