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problem with the [appellate] ruling is that it allows the government to prosecute unpopular political speech,” said Alex Abdo, staff attorney at the ACLU’s National Security Project. References: “Free Tarek,” website, various dates, http://www.freetarek.com/ Nancy Murray, “It's official. There is a Muslim exemption to the First Amendment,” Boston.com, On Liberty blog, April 12, 2012, http://boston.com/community/blogs/on_liberty/2012/04/its_official_there_is_a_muslim. html Andy Worthington, “Tarek Mehanna’s Powerful Statement as He Received a 17-Year Sentence Despite Having Harmed No One,” personal website, April 14, 2012, http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2012/04/14/tarek-mehannas-powerful-statement-ashe-received-a-17-year-sentence-despite-having-harmed-no-one/ Travis Andersen, “Federal appeals court upholds Tarek Mehanna terror convictions,” Boston Globe, November 13, 2013, http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/13/tarek-mehanna-terror-convictionsupheld-federal-appeals-court/4PlBQdkihh6yQkUV1ETldN/story.html Amna Akbar, “How Tarek Mehanna Went to Prison for a Thought Crime,” The Nation, December 31, 2013, http://www.thenation.com/article/177750/how-tarekmehanna-went-prison-thought-crime Montes, Carlos. On May 17, 2011, Los Angeles police and FBI agents smashed in the door of Carlos Montes, a longtime activist for immigration rights and the Chicano civil rights movement. They held him at gunpoint while ransacking his house and seizing personal computers, cell phones, and documents. He was questioned about the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, indicating that an ongoing FBI investigation of twenty-three peace activists was expanding to include immigrants and the Latino civil rights movement. Montes was charged with six felonies, and a subpoena was issued for him to appear before a grand jury, which he refused to do. On June 5, 2012, two felonies were dropped, as per a partial resolution by the local district attorney, if Montes pleaded “no contest” to one count of perjury. This proposal also included no jail time, three years of probation, and community service. Under advice from supporters, friends, and his B-26
attorney, Montes accepted this proposal. However, the district attorney stated that he still wanted Montes to do at least five years in state prison for the four felony charges remaining. Montes is currently free on bail. References: Los Angeles Committee to Stop FBI Repression, “Victory Against Repression: Carlos Montes Court Case Ends in Victory!”, website, June 5, 2012, http://www.stopfbi.net/2012/6/5/victory-against-repression-carlos-montes-court-caseends-victory Mohamud, Mohamed Osman/Christmas Tree Bombing Case, The. On November 26, 2010, after attempting to set off what he thought was a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a twenty-one-year-old Somali-American, was charged with a single count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a life sentence. An attorney for Mohamud argued that his client was entrapped in a sting operation that included an undercover FBI agent posing as a terrorist. Mohamed reportedly attracted the interest of the FBI after agents intercepted e-mails he was exchanging with a man who had returned to the Middle East and whom law enforcement officials described as a “recruiter for terrorism.” As the public gathered for the city's annual Christmas tree lighting, the informant placed a fake bomb in a van. Mohamud tried to detonate the bomb by dialing a cell phone that was attached to it. When the device failed to explode, the undercover agent suggested he get out of the car to obtain better reception. Presumably aware of legal defenses based on issues of entrapment, FBI agents reportedly offered Mohamud multiple alternatives to a bombing, including prayer. Mohamud reportedly insisted he wanted to play an “operational” role, but a columnist, upon reading the FBI affidavit, asked, “How far would Mohamud have traveled down that road without the B-27
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INVENTING TERRORISTS The Lawfare of
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About the Authors, Preparers, and S
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Appendices A: Tactics Used in Prose
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SUMMARY This study, sponsored by tw
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The following appendices are includ
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prosecution is all about. In preemp
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Preemptive Prosecution: General Con
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5. Charges of making false statemen
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groups, with brief details on each
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one conspiracy charge of planning t
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public from a terrorist attack, the
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Immigration-related charges: Preemp
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their careers; or because agencies
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should not make all of his friends
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crossed only when members engage in
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with fake (harmless) missiles, bomb
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things: it ramps up fear on the par
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Often the FBI charges a defendant w
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4. Not Preemptive Prosecution: Real
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4. Over the last few decades, the U
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have no way of knowing whether the
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opportunity for an individual to su
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surveillance. To date, however, ver
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considered terrorism. And the enhan
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Post-conviction, terrorism defendan
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U.S. was fighting on the same side.
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trap has been pending for years and
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http://www.stopfbi.net/2012/6/5/vic
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50 See Graham Rayman, “Were the N
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62 For example, Viktor Bout, a Russ
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Appendix A - Tactics used in prosec
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