http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/03/23/a5.nat.apolog.0323.html
March 23, 2005
Terrorism suspect gets apology
By Bree Fowler
The Associated Press
DETROIT - A federal judge apologized on behalf of the U.S. government
Tuesday to a Moroccan immigrant who was tried on terrorism charges in
a case marred by prosecutorial misconduct, including the withholding
of evidence.
Judge Gerald Rosen's comments came during a hearing at which Ahmed
Hannan pleaded guilty to unrelated insurance fraud charges. Rosen
sentenced Hannan to six months in jail, with credit for the more than
three years he already has served.
``I would be remiss if I did not say that some procedures that are
normally followed in criminal cases were not followed in this case,''
Rosen said of the terrorism case, ``and for that you have the apology
of the United States government.''
Hannan, 36, will be deported to Morocco by the end of the week. As
part of a plea agreement, Hannan waived any right to appeal deportation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Straus declined to comment on Rosen's
apology.
Hannan was released to a halfway house last year, but several months
later was ordered jailed again because of conflicts with the house's
staff.
He and three other immigrants had been accused of being part of a
``sleeper'' cell and charged with conspiracy to provide material
support or resources to terrorists. The charges followed a raid on a
Detroit apartment six days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Karim Koubriti and Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi were convicted in 2003 of
conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Hannan was
acquitted of that charge but was convicted of document fraud. The
fourth man was acquitted.
But in September, three years after the men were first arrested and
jailed, the U.S. attorney's office admitted widespread prosecutorial
misconduct in the case, saying potentially exculpatory evidence was
not shared with the defense.
At the government's request, Rosen dismissed the terrorism charges and
ordered a new trial on the document fraud charges.
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