The United States has charged more than 30 people with providing material support to terrorist organizations. Legal Times journalist Siobhan Roth provides a status update on the cases.

Of the law, which carries up to 15 years in prison, Roth says

It has snared a Manhattan defense lawyer, a Florida professor, the "American Taliban," six in New York, four in Detroit, and, just last week, former Intel Corp. software engineer Maher "Mike" Hawash.

In addition to a providing a roundup of the cases, Roth says the Justice Department may make a move to strengthen the statute--through Patriot Act II.

The act [PA II] authorizes the executive branch to revoke U.S. citizenship for anyone convicted of providing material support to terrorists. The Justice Department said that the legislation was being discussed "at a staff level."

We've written extensively on the material support of terrorism law and cases, including this entry. More coverage is available in our Terror Trials Archives on the right.