Detroit terrorism trial in jeopardy:

"DETROIT — Prosecutorial missteps and questionable investigative practices threaten to undermine the convictions in the first terror trial held in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

A Detroit News review of thousands of pages of documents in the case and interviews with law enforcement experts found that the case was colored by an overly aggressive prosecution in an atmosphere of public demand for a terror crackdown.

Government investigators repeatedly ignored rules intended to ensure a fair trial. What resulted was an investigation geared toward winning at any cost. The government literally went around the world to bolster seemingly benign evidence and transformed an obvious case of document fraud into the nation’s first post-September 11 terror trial..."
http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0403/28/a01-105567.htm