What good are Bushists at actually catching and prosecuting terrorists?!

They totally suck at it!

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/AP-Attacks-Professor.html?ei=5094&en=10d7427aedfdf699&hp=&ex=1133931600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

December 6, 2005
Jurors Clear Former Professor on Most Terrorism Charges

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 4:28 p.m. ET

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- In a stinging defeat for prosecutors, a former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on nearly half the charges against him Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the rest.

The case against Sami Al-Arian, 47, had been seen as one of the biggest courtroom tests yet of the Patriot Act's expanded search-and-surveillance powers.

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Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida computer engineering professor, wept after the verdicts, and his attorney, Linda Moreno hugged him. He will return to jail until prosecutors decide whether to retry him on the deadlocked charges.

Two co-defendants, Sameeh Hammoudeh and Ghassan Zayed Ballut, were acquitted of all charges. A third, Hatem Naji Fariz, was found not guilty on 24 counts, and jurors deadlocked on the remaining eight.

The U.S. Justice Department had no immediate comment.

which may or may not exist have lots of terrarists. And because they don't get trials, there's no trial to lose. Sleep well!

They're too useful when they're at large to scare dumb voters. Rounding up some random brown-skinned people with Islamic-sounding names and throwing them in jail gives the impression that they are on the case. Dumbass Murkins who can't tell the difference between Iraqis and Al Queda are distracted and appeased temporarily.