1 acquitted, 6 to be retried, in alleged terror plot

CNN.Com / US ^ | 12/13/2007 | CNN

[F15Eagle]

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- One of seven men accused of conspiring to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and a federal jury in Miami failed to reach a verdict on six others arrested in the alleged terror plot.

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that the six whose cases ended in mistrials would be retried starting on January 7.

Lyglenson Lemorin, who also goes by the name Brother Levi, was acquitted in the "Liberty City 7" trial, U.S. District Judge Joan Leonard's office told CNN.

The men were arrested in June 2006 and charged with a homegrown terror plot that officials said may have targeted not only the 110-story Chicago tower -- the tallest building in North America -- but also the FBI's Miami offices and other sites.

At the time, sources told CNN that the suspects were dealing with a man they believed was an al Qaeda operative but who was actually a government informant. Senior federal sources told CNN that the men were "not related to al Qaeda" but "possibly" were al Qaeda wannabes.

Five of the seven men were Americans, one was an illegal alien from Haiti whose visa had expired, and the seventh was a resident alien, federal sources said.

The group's supporters and the news media adopted the "Liberty City 7" name because authorities said the men operated out of a warehouse in Miami's Liberty City area.

[F15Eagle]

They blend islam with Christianity? Must not understand much of either one.

[xcamel]

I guess they’re not reporting on how the trial was thrown by a planted terrorist sympathizer juror...

[clintonh8r]

The illegal Haitian will get a full scholarship to a taxpayer funded university and the keys to a ‘78 Corolla.

[nyyankeefan]

a lib/dem’s wet dream.....terrorists tried in a criminal court!!!!

[Cindy]

“Must not understand much of either one.”

I agree.