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To: Sully- who wrote (23267)	10/17/2006 6:44:07 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Jihadi lawyer doesn't get enough jail time Power Line I met up with Lynne Stewart at the national convention of the National Lawyers Guild in Minneapolis in October 2003 and wrote about it in "Face to face with Lynne Stewart" (linked below). Stewart was under indictment at the time and used the National Lawyers Guild forum to berate John Ashcroft for having the temerity to indict her for assisting Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman ("the blind sheikh") issue instructions to his terrorist minions. In Minneapolis, as I recall, Stewart invoked the dark night of fascism in response to her indictment. The assistance she rendered the blind sheikh was not only criminal in itself, but also in violation of her promise to the government not to abuse her access to him as his attorney. Stewart's terrorist-related crimes were premeditated and cold-blooded. She lied about her crimes and she faced up to thirty years in prison on the convictions. Unfortunately, as John notes below, Judge John Koeltl sentenced Stewart to only twenty-eight months. Judge Koeltl's rationale for leniency was in part that there was "no evidence that any victim was in fact harmed" as a result of Stewart's crimes. I guess he thinks we need to see some bodies before we get riled about terrorism. Andrew McCarthy was the Assistant U.S. Attorney who successfully led the prosecution of the blind sheikh. Today at NRO he reflects on sentencing day with relevant background. Last winter in the Middle East Quarterly Sharon Chadha did a good job of telling Stewart's story in "Lynne Stewart, jihadi lawyer." It is a story that illustrates the weird convergence between radical Islam and the radical left, united in their hatred of the United States. Below John describes the jihadi movement as being lavishly funded. Last year at NRO Byron York had the scoop on one source of the funding in Stewart's case in "Stewart's Soros funded defense" (all linked below). PAUL adds: Guess which president appointed Judge Koeltl. Hint: it wasn't Jimmy Carter. powerlineblog.com frontpagemag.com iht.com article.nationalreview.com meforum.org nationalreview.com

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