[Ppnews] Sami Al-Arian to be freed on bond

[Political Prisoner News]

Judge orders former Fla. professor free on bond
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=8654211

Associated Press - July 10, 2008 11:55 AM ET

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge is overruling government 
objections and has ordered free on bond a former professor who has 
been in custody since 2003 as part of a wide-ranging terrorism investigation.

It's unlikely that former University of South Florida professor Sami 
Al-Arian will immediately be set free. It's expected that he'll be 
transferred to immigration authorities since he's subject to deportation.

But U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema's order could trigger 
provisions that bar the government from prosecuting Al-Arian for 
criminal contempt.

Prosecutors initially charged Al-Arian with being a leader of a 
Palestinian terrorist group. He was acquitted on most charges, but 
later struck a plea on lesser charges.

Now the government wants to prosecute him again for refusing to 
testify to a grand jury investigating a cluster of Muslim 
organizations in northern Virginia.

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