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"Just how far should the government go in its effort to prevent future terrorist attacks? In March, 2007, a U.S. District Court Judge in Albany, New York sentenced two men to 15 year prison terms on multiple counts of money laundering and material support to foreign terrorists. One was a 51 year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Bangladesh named Mohammed Hossain, a father of six who owned a local pizzeria. The other was a 36 year-old Kurdish refugee from Iraq named Yassin Aref, a father of three who was the imam of an Albany mosque.

But the terrorist plot that lies at the center of the case was entirely fictitious. The charges against the two men stemmed from their dealings with an FBI informant who pretended to be selling shoulder-fired missiles to a Pakistani terrorist group. The men’s supporters say that Hossain and Aref were hardworking, peaceful men who believed they were taking part in nothing more than a simple business loan, and were victimized by an unscrupulous sting operation. But the FBI says the men were potential future terrorists, and that in the wake of September 11th, the Albany case is a good example of the strong preventive effort the government needs to be making. "

Terence Kindlon, who defended Yassin Aref in the Albany case, is a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. He was awarded a Purple Heart after suffering a head wound so severe it was thought he would never walk again. Kindlon recently ran a marathon in celebration of his 60th birthday. He is working on an appeal of Aref’s conviction. More about Kindlon and his workOff-site link

Kevin Luibrand, the attorney who defended Mohammed Hossain in the Albany case, is an Army veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm. He is working on an appeal of Hossain’s conviction.


they also are talking about rerouting traffic to NSA by AT&T