Immigrants convicted in Ft. Dix case

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Jurors have found five Muslim immigrants guilty of conspiring to kill US soldiers.

"One of the last prosecution witnesses was an FBI terrorism expert who got up on the stand and said it doesn't take a lot for five or six people to launch an attack. And he cited Mumbai."
— George Anastasia on the convictions in the Fort Dix case

Prosecutors painted the verdict as a victory over homegrown terrorism, while defense attorneys argued that the government relied on a paid informant—who they characterized as a con man—to get make their case.

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