UPDATE: Another "Al-CIA-Duh" case caves!
"7 Are Acquitted in Madrid Bombings"
Ringleaders acquitted because the case sucked?
Or because they are government assets?
This happens a lot more than you think, readers!
These "terrorism" cases going down like the collapse of two 110-story WTC centers!
Can you here the rumble? Wow, it's gone in 10 seconds!
WTF?!
"Detroit terror trial nearing its end; Attorney for US says pair crossed the line to convict" by David Runk/Associated Press October 31, 2007
DETROIT - A former federal prosecutor and a onetime State Department investigator wanted so badly to win convictions in the nation's first major terrorism trial after the Sept. 11 attacks that they broke the law themselves, a government attorney said yesterday.
Eileen Gleason told jurors in her closing argument in the case against Richard Convertino and Harry Smith III:
"They crossed over the line from upholding the law to violating it."
The two have pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice, making false declarations before a court, and conspiracy.
Well that last one needs to be thrown out!
There is only one conspiracy in the history of man, and that would be the 19 Arab hijackers piercing America's air defenses on 9/11 and causing skyscrapers to collapse at free-fall speed.
I know that is the only conspiracy because that is what my MSM and government told me!
William Sullivan, Convertino's lawyer, described his client as a hard-working prosecutor who was trying to bust up a terrorist cell and shouldn't be on trial, and told jurors during his closing statement:
"The only motive or intent Mr. Convertino had in this case . . . was that he wanted to preserve your safety."
So that excuses everything, shit-eating Amurkns. Sig Heil!
Sullivan said Convertino and Smith had no reason to conspire to hide evidence, because the evidence would have supported the prosecution's case.
If the evidence would have supported their case, WTF?!?!
Gimme a fucking break!
It's like the notes about Oswald the FBI tossed.
If it supported the "lone nut" theory, the FBI would have kept the notes.
Would have made the case that much stronger!
Thomas Cranmer, Smith's lawyer, during his closing argument:
"This case at its fundamental core makes no sense."
Most terror cases don't!
For two years, Convertino led the government's case against four North African men accused of operating a "sleeper" terrorist cell. Two of the four, Karim Koubriti and Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi, were convicted in 2003 of conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, and Convertino won praise from the Bush administration for his successful convictions.
A federal judge, however, overturned the verdicts at the Justice Department's request after prosecutors discovered that some documents that could have aided the defense were not turned over by the government as required.
Convertino was indicted last year on allegations that he conspired to obstruct justice and lied to a federal judge.
The indictment said Convertino and Smith conspired to keep from defense lawyers photographs of a Jordanian hospital that would have undermined the government's argument that the alleged Detroit cell made surveillance sketches of the place."
Noooooo!
Police and prosecutors never plant evidence or hide exculpatory items!
This is AmeriKa, not the Soviet Union!
"Ex-Prosecutor ‘Crossed Over the Line,’ Jury Is Told" by PHILIP SHENON
DETROIT, Oct. 30 — A federal prosecutor withheld crucial evidence from the defense in the first major terrorism case announced after the Sept. 11 terror attacks because he was consumed with winning a high-profile courtroom victory, Justice Department lawyers told a jury in closing arguments Tuesday at the trial here of their former colleague.
The former Michigan prosecutor, Richard G. Convertino, and a former State Department security officer, are now awaiting a jury’s verdict on charges that they conspired to hide photographs that, if shared at the 2003 trial, might have undermined the case against four North African immigrants accused of being part of a terror sleeper cell.
Two of the North African men were convicted on terrorism charges, but the convictions were overturned in 2004 amid accusations of concealed evidence and prosecutorial misconduct.
And yet the MSM is always out hot for the POLICE STATE!!!!!
Remember the alleged Duke rape case (to push division in the society again -- rich white/poor black. CUI BONO)?
Check out the tasering response!
I saw Tony Harris on C(IA)NN laughin' it up about "Don't tase me brow!"
Well, we hope that, as a black man, that Tony does not find himself under a misperceived encounter about his "importance" so that he gets a jolt.
Doubt the stinkfuck will be laffin' then!
In defense closing arguments, lawyers for Mr. Convertino and the security officer, Harry R. Smith III, who are being tried together, insisted that both men had been respected government employees whose mistakes, if any, had been unintentional and reflected the extraordinary workload they faced, especially after the Sept. 11 attacks.
So FRAMING PEOPLE is to be EXCUSED on the basis of a FRAUDULENT LIE?
Mr. Convertino’s trial this month, in Federal District Court here on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy, has been a major embarrassment to the Justice Department, if only because the department has been forced to reveal in detail how one of its most prominent terrorism cases after Sept. 11 was bungled.
Embarrassment? First I've heard of it!
Mr. Convertino and Mr. Smith have been accused of hiding photographs of a military hospital in Jordan that was the supposed target of the terrorist plot.
After learning of the existence of the photographs after the 2003 trial, lawyers for the four defendants said they would have undermined the credibility of government witnesses and other evidence used against their clients.
So the LYING STINKFUCK GOVERNMENT PROSECUTORS had to HIDE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Wake up, Amurka!!!
You are being PLAYED as you gorge yourselves on shit!
The lawyers said the photographs did not match a sketch found in a dilapidated Detroit apartment where three of the defendants lived. Mr. Convertino had argued that the Jordanian hospital, the Queen Alia military hospital, was depicted in the sketch, which was found in a notebook that contained the Arabic lettering for “Queen Alia” and “Kingdom of Jordan.”
Eileen Gleason, a trial lawyer with the Public Integrity section of the Justice Department, told jurors Tuesday:
"[Mr. Convertino and Mr. Smith] crossed over the line from upholding the law to violating it. This trial is not about terrorism, this is a case about truth and lies.”
Terrorism IS a LIE, ma'am!
She said that Mr. Convertino, like all Justice Department prosecutors, was required under federal rules to provide the defense with evidence that might demonstrate a defendant’s innocence, such as the hospital photographs.
And they didn't? So they could get convictions? No way!
Gleason: "[Mr. Convertino was so determined to win a conviction,], that it was too much for him to play by the rules.”
Mr. Convertino and Mr. Smith, who had assisted the Justice Department in gathering evidence for the 2003 trial when he was assigned to the United States Embassy in Amman, Jordan, have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and false statements.
The lawyer for Mr. Convertino, William Sullivan, appeared to struggle to hold back tears as he described how his client had taken a phone call at home six days after Sept. 11, alerting him that there might be a terrorist sleeper cell in his own community, and how aggressively he had worked to pursue what he thought was a legitimate terrorist threat posed by the North African men.
Fucking SHAMELESS SCUM lawyer!!!!
Tell the government man to TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY for his actions and PLEAD OUT instead of WASTING MORE of the taxpayer's $$$$$$, 'kay?!
Mr. Sullivan told the jurors: “He worked to preserve your safety. Mr. Convertino was acting to save lives. Some of those lives may have been your own.”
So, hey, if he KILLED someone, that would be O.K., TOO!
Sob!!!
Fuck you lying bastards and your 9/11 lies!!!!
He said that Mr. Convertino had been overwhelmed by paperwork in the case and denied assistance from elsewhere in the Justice Department, which might explain any oversight in alerting the defense to the photographs. He said the photos were only a small part of the evidence gathered by prosecutors.
Un-effin-real!
Guy had too much paperwork, but was SO FOCUSED on THIS CASE to "PROTECT" us he "MISSED" turning over some VERY CRITICAL EXCULPATORY evidence!!!!
Pffffffftttttt!
Ms. Gleason, the prosecutor, told the jurors:
"Pay no attention to the flag-waving [by the defense lawyers]. This case is not a test of your patriotism. You can’t break the law to catch lawbreakers.”
I agree!
Pay attention to the FALSE-FLAG WAVINGS and WARNINGS!
