Brother Of Tarek Mehanna: ‘Political Climate’ Influenced Jury BY SACHA PFEIFFER AND LYNN JOLICOEUR Dec 21, 2011, 8:54 PM BOSTON — A day after a 29-year-old Sudbury man was convicted in federal court of supporting terrorism, his family says they’re confident he’ll be exonerated on appeal. Tarek Mehanna will be sentenced in April and faces possible […]

WBUR | “Mehanna Found Guilty In Terrorism Trial” by David Boeri
Mehanna Found Guilty In Terrorism Trial BY DAVID BOERI Dec 21, 2011, 8:11 AM2 COMMENTS BOSTON — Tarek Mehanna, at age 29, may be spending the rest of his life in prison, following his conviction on charges of conspiring to support al-Qaida and to kill American soldiers in Iraq. With dramatic and decisive speed, a […]

WBUR | “Sudbury Man Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Help Al-Qaida” by David Boeri
Sudbury Man Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Help Al-Qaida BY WBUR NEWS & WIRE SERVICES Dec 20, 2011, 11:20 AM Audio media providing reporting and analysis, respectively from WBUR’s David Boeri, and from George Brown of Boston College Law school and Noah Feldman of Harvard Law School. via Sudbury Man Found Guilty Of Conspiring To […]

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 […]

NPR | “The Case of Tarek Mehanna” by Michael May
Latitude News: The Case of Tarek Mehanna The Justice Department has prosecuted many homegrown terror cases in the decade since 9/11. Authorities can convincingly argue they’ve stopped some would-be terrorists before they got a chance to hurt anyone. And that could be the situation with accused terrorist Tarek Mehanna. But Mehanna is a puzzling figure. […]

WBUR | Jurors Begin Deliberating Mehanna Terror Trial by David Boeri
Jurors Begin Deliberating Mehanna Terror Trial BY THE WBUR NEWSROOM AND DAVID BOERI Dec 16, 2011, 6:14 PM via Jurors Begin Deliberating Mehanna Terror Trial | WBUR.

WBUR | In Mehanna Trial, Defense Saves The Star Witness For Last by David Boeri
In Mehanna Trial, Defense Saves The Star Witness For Last BY DAVID BOERI Dec 15, 2011, 7:07 AM The judge in the trial of the Sudbury man accused of supporting terrorists said the jury will begin their deliberations Friday. Defense attorneys for Tarek Mehanna have rested. But they saved their star witness for last. Bow-tied, […]

Trial Of American Alleged To Have Supported Al-Qaida Getting Started : The Two-Way : NPR
Opening statements are set to begin Thursday in Boston at the trial of Tarek Mehanna, a 29-year-old American charged in U.S. District Court with conspiracy and providing material support to al-Qaida, as well as planning to attend training camps abroad and making false statements to authorities. He faces a possible life sentence if convicted. His […]