A brief explanation from Tarek

“Since the end of my trial, I’ve been asked repeatedly about particular aspects of my case. Rather than respond to each individual inquirer, I figured it to be more practical to address those points publicly so that the general public may also be aware of some of the background information often buried under headlines: Yes, […]

NPR | “Mass. Man Convicted Of Conspiring To Help Al-Qaida” by the Associated Press

Mass. Man Convicted Of Conspiring To Help Al-Qaida by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS December 20, 2011, 05:36 pm ET BOSTON (AP) — A man who grew up in the Boston suburbs was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to help al-Qaida and plotting to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq after a two-month trial in which jurors heard references […]

Lawyer: Gov’t witness, not Mass. man accused of trying to aid al-Qaida, sought terrorist camp – The Washington Post

Lawyer: Gov’t witness, not Mass. man accused of trying to aid al-Qaida, sought terrorist camp By Associated Press, Published: November 30 BOSTON — A lawyer for a man accused of conspiring to help al-Qaida suggested Wednesday that it was a key prosecution witness, not his client, who wanted to find a terrorist camp in Yemen. via […]

“Holmes: The crimes of Tarek Mehanna” Metrowest Daily News

By Rick Holmes/Opinion editor The MetroWest Daily News Posted Nov 27, 2011 @ 12:29 AM Ahmed Mehanna was worried, aggravated and fearful for his son. He worried about the websites young Tarek had been visiting, the books he’d been reading. Tarek had taken a trip to Yemen his father thought might look suspicious to the […]

FBI’s Fairytale Fabrications Flavor Fort Dix Five Case — The Guardian

FBI’s Fairytale Fabrications Flavor Fort Dix Five Case   by Paul Harris of the Guardian Nov. 18, 2011       It all began with dropping off a video at a branch of Circuit City. A group of Muslim friends living in and around the suburban New Jersey town of Cherry Hill had just come back […]

Day 18: Cross-Examination of Daniel Maldonado (PART 1 of 2)

Trial Day 18 (11/18/2011):  Cross-Examination of Daniel Maldonado by Janice Bassil; Part 1 of 2. Somali Soldier, Kenyan Captive, American Detainee Janice Bassil (“JB”) initiated her cross-examination at the point in the narrative where Daniel Maldonado (“DM”) was with his military unit in Somalia, having left his family back with the other soldiers’ families back […]

DAY 14: CROSS-EXAMINATION OF HASSAN MASOOD

JC’s Cross-Examination Day 14 (11/14/2011):  Part 2:  Cross-Examination of Hassan Masood by Jay W. Carney, Jr. Abbreviations: HM:  Hassan Masood (Cooperating witness) KAZ:  Karim Abu Zahra (Cooperating witness) AAS:  Ahmad Abousamra (Co-defendant) JC:  Jay W. Carney, Jr. (Defense counsel) JA:  Jeffrey Auerhahn (Assistant U.S. Attorney) JC cross-examined HM, asking if he viewed AAS as a […]

Mehanna lawyer lashes out at prosecutors – Metro – The Boston Globe

Mehanna lawyer lashes out at prosecutors; Says scare tactics used in terror trial. Nov. 9, 2011 by Milton Valencia The FBI agent on the witness stand in federal court yesterday had said the name of the dead Al Qaeda leader already, but attorney J.W. Carney Jr. wanted him to say it again. Osama bin Laden. “Do […]

Day 9: FBI Used Unconventional Methods to Acquire 2009 Arrest Warrant

In 2008 and again in 2009, the government arrested Tarek, respectively for charges of giving a false statement to an FBI agent, and then for a number of much more serious terrorism-related charges.  Let’s take a closer look at the circumstances of these events, because Tarek’s attorneys claim that he was arrested as reprisal by […]

Why I Support the Release of Tarek Mehanna | Open Media Boston

Why I Support the Release of Tarek Mehanna by C-ya (Advocate), Oct-26-11 Op-ed Why I support the release of Tarek Mehanna. I am an American citizen. Born right here in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I served this commonwealth and country as a soldier in the Army National Guard and am a veteran of Operation Enduring […]