Attorneys seek info. about interrogation

Monday, December 12, 2005 · Last updated 8:05 p.m. PT

Attorneys seek info. about interrogation

By MIKE ROBINSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

CHICAGO -- Attorneys defending a man charged with laundering millions of dollars for terrorist
activities said Monday they want more information about a journalist's claim she watched Israeli
authorities interrogate their client.

Attorneys for Muhammad Salah are seeking documents related to a February 1993 interrogation allegedly
witnessed by former New York Times writer Judith Miller because prosecutors want to use statements
Salah made in Israel as evidence at his trial.

Salah's attorneys insist he was tortured and that his statements to Israeli authorities should be
barred from evidence in American courts.

Prosecutors have filed court papers suggesting that the statements were voluntary and included a
footnote referring to a reporter's "own observations" of the interrogation. The footnote did not
name Miller.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-miller13.html

N.Y. Times reporter named in court filing

An alleged fund-raiser for Hamas who claims a confession he gave the Israeli government was coerced during 1993 interrogations that were observed by Judith Miller named the former New York Times reporter in court filings Monday, questioning her credibility and professionalism.

Attorneys for Muhammed Salah, of Bridgeview, said two weeks ago they wrote a letter to Miller -- also recently embroiled in the White House leak investigation involving CIA operative Valerie Plame -- asking for information about the interrogation.

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Salah, along with Abdelhaleem Ashqar, of Alexandria, Va., are charged here with laundering millions of dollars in a 15-year conspiracy to fund Hamas. Hamas has taken credit for dozens of attacks abroad, including suicide bombings. Both have pleaded not guilty.

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Monday's court filing goes on to mention Miller's extraordinary clearance and access to the interrogations, which was arranged by the Israeli prime minister, according to court documents. Salah has asked for the government to provide written documents about what she witnessed.

Who would ever question Judith Miller and her credibility and her professionalism?