I can't speak others, but I will say according to a news report by By ERIC DASH 11/09/04 it was Judge Raymond J. Dearie who said "This case has nothing to do with terrorism," he said to the jury in a planned set of instructions. "You will hear no evidence that Mr. Elgindy or others were involved in 9/11." That doesn't mean there isn't evidence! Prior to the judges instructions Mr. Cleveland had responded to Kenneth Breen that the investigation was related to "terrorism," after being asked about a mid-September 2001 F.B.I. investigation into Mr. Elgindy. ERIC DASH also reported ...Mr. Cleveland was allowed to continue with his testimony, recounting how he learned that Mr. Elgindy was a subject in a criminal investigation. Mr. Cleveland said that Jeffrey A. Royer, an F.B.I. agent who was the source of that information and a defendant in the case, told him that investigators were looking into $6 million that Mr. Elgindy had liquidated from two brokerage companies, Charles Schwab and Salomon Smith Barney, shortly before Sept. 11.
Mr. Royer also relayed information that the government was examining the money Mr. Elgindy gave to Mercy International, which Mr. Breen described as a "Middle Eastern charity."
Mr. Royer promised to "keep an eye" on the case, Mr. Cleveland testified, "and as new things came out, he would let me know." ....
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Mr Breen the prosecutor must have some solid information to say money was given to Mercy International, and specifically stated it was a MIDDLE EASTERN charity. I personally wouldn't give more credence to a news item dated May 2002 than current court records. That is a big gap of time, May 2002 to November 2004, and I bet there has been more information found, and I feel confident that Mr Breen knows more than you! |
