This article’s pretty freaky. More on this as it develops.
If you’ve been following this story on my blog the last few months, you might want to start here.
Portland Man Strikes Plea Deal on Terror Charges
By the Associated Press.
Hawash pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide services to the Taliban. Prosecutors agreed to drop charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States and conspiring to provide material support for terrorism.
“You and the others in the group were prepared to take up arms, and die as martyrs if necessary, to defend the Taliban. Is this true?” U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones asked Hawash during the hearing.
“Yes, your honor,” Hawash replied.
Hawash’s attorney Steven Houze said his client had decided to cooperate fully with the government, but declined to comment on details of the plea negotiations. Houze said Hawash had faced more than 20 years in prison if convicted on all three counts.
Here is the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,93944,00.html
Portland Man Strikes Plea Deal on Terror Charges
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
PORTLAND, Ore.
These type of confessions mean nothing to me.
Locked away, threatened. Many people make guilty pleas and then turn out to be innocent. We have no idea what he was threatened with- but you can easily imagine.
In Longview, WA, back in the mid-nineties, they arrested a retarded man for murder. They kept him locked away without trial for several years- until he “confessed.”
I don’t trust the system. It has not EARNED my trust.
David, you’re a loon.