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  • Report: Justice Department Investigating Lead Prosecutor in Terrorism Trial

    01/17/2004 2:32:27 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 34 replies · 169+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | Jan 17, 2004 | The Associated Press
    DETROIT (AP) - The Justice Department is investigating possible misconduct by the lead prosecutor in the nation's first major post-Sept. 11 terrorism trial, according to a published report. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins requested the investigation in November after discovering possible ethical violations involving Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino, the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday, citing sources it did not name. The allegations include withholding evidence from defense attorneys and trying to convince a court employee to get confidential information about a prisoner, the newspaper said. Convertino said Collins is trying to destroy his reputation and career. "This is so untrue,...
  • SCHLUSSEL: Jihad Journalism: Detroit News' Fabricated Terror "Reporting"

    05/11/2005 10:00:11 AM PDT · by Cool Chick · 18 replies · 1,370+ views
    DebbieSchlussel.com ^ | May 11, 2005 | Debbie Schlussel
    Jihad Journalism: Detroit News’ Fabricated Terrorism “Reporting” May 11, 2005 By Debbie Schlussel “Former Terrorism Suspect is Deported: Moroccan . . . Was Forced to Leave,” screamed a sympathetic headline in Gannett’s Detroit News, last week. Problem is, the deportation of alleged Detroit terror cell member Ahmed Hannan never happened. Hannan is still here. And other details in the apocryphal article by Detroit News reporter David Shepardson were also wrong or made-up. The May 3, 2005 article claimed that Hannan—who planned to blow up U.S. tourist sites and a U.S. Air Force Base in Turkey—was deported two weeks before the...