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...CASE OF ALLEGED TERRORIST...
...that he was ready to kill the President, by either shooting him in the street or setting off a car bomb. But like a number of other high-profile U.S. terrorism prosecutions since 9/11 that have grabbed big headlines only to quietly fizzle or stall in trial--from alleged terrorist flight student Zacarias Moussaoui and accused dirty bomber Jose Padilla to the Detroit sleeper cell and former enemy combatant Yaser Hamdi--the case against Abu Ali may not play out so dramatically. "He fell in with some bad people but probably never did much himself but talk," says a source...
Perhaps their toughest yet. Though U.S. and Saudi investigators say they have strong suspicions that Abu Ali was a committed al-Qaeda believer keen to plan terrorist attacks, neither country could tie him to a specific operation in the works. The circumstances of his Saudi detention will also be an issue. Once the Saudis decided they didn't have much of a case, they believed they were doing the U.S. a favor by letting the FBI park Abu Ali there, says a source close to the case. The Americans insist the Saudis were not merely keeping...
...only enough to go with the lesser charge of material support to terrorism. The evidence: Abu Ali allegedly associated with figures suspected of ties to al-Qaeda, who gave him money to buy a laptop and cell phone, and he allegedly professed a desire to become a "planner of terrorist operations like Mohammed Atta." Though Abu Ali does not appear to be particularly resourceful or hardened, a Justice Department official notes, "the problem is, What if he hooks up with somebody [who is]?" If convicted on only those modest counts, he still could face up to 80 years in prison...
...ESSAY ECHOED THE thoughts of many Americans. Although war is never without pain and suffering, we realized after 9/11 that we had better start addressing the problems of the Middle East. In response to 9/11, the U.S. government went after individuals in Afghanistan and Iraq who were connected to terrorist activity. The result has been to bring insurgents to justice and to foster the emergence of two fledgling democracies. The free elections in those countries will perhaps inspire others to follow, thus spreading democracy...