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by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Apr 17, 2006 at 02:10:43 PM EST
Glad to see TL finally covering this trial. It's been a sham. The videotaped "confession" of Hamid Hayatt was released by the judge & excerpts are available at the link. Local tv aired some of them. When asked about security at the training camp he's alleged to have attended, the FBI agent prompts: "Kalishnikoff's right?" He responds talking about sticks, casting about 'til he remembers the phrase: "no, cricket bats." Hamid was interrogated for 11 hours straight; 5 were taped. By the end, he's exhausted, asking if he can have a bed to lie down on. "You realize, Hamid, you're goign to jail." (paraphrased quotes from memory) More: Anatomy of an FBI Interrogation: Lodi terror trial Lodi "terror cell" - Prosecutors fail to delay trial - Jury selection starts Tuesday A Nation of Snitches? al Zawahiri sighting doubted-Lodi trial Lodi Terror Trial Update Words of a juror, who was dismissed at defense' request, after hearing the bulk of the gov't's case:
"Beyond a reasonable doubt hasn't been proven at this point," the 39-year-old Clabaugh said in a hallway interview with reporters. "It's not very clear-cut." "I felt like he was being badgered" by FBI agents, Clabaugh said of the confession. "I felt like he was giving them information because they refused to believe he didn't know anything. "It seemed like the agents fed names to him. It didn't seem like he actually volunteered anything," . . . With respect to the Khan recordings of Hamid Hayat, Clabaugh said, "I got a picture of a young kid who wanted to impress an older man, but it doesn't mean those were things he would actually follow through on. link

Lodi Trials: Much Ado About Nothing? | 8 comments (8 topical)

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