Man tied to Central Valley 'sleeper cell' case fights terrorism conviction
Source: Associated Press
Nine years ago the FBI made a startling announcement: A "sleeper cell" of al-Qaida operatives was uncovered in Lodi.
Following the arrests of five terror suspects, journalists swarmed to this sleepy farming city of 60,000 known for its zinfandel and the 1969 Credence Clearwater Revival song "Lodi."
Over the next two years, all except one of the criminal cases unraveled. Federal prosecutors dropped the al-Qaida claims against three of the men and deported them without charges.
A jury convicted Hamid Hayat, a young cherry picker, of attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and returning to the United States to await orders for an attack. Hayat's father was accused of lying to federal agents about his son's activities but those charges were dropped after jurors couldn't reach a verdict.
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)reddread
(6,896 posts)your 74 Pinto station wagon bit the big one there about 28 years ago.
but you would hum the tune at the time.
-bad math. more like 36 years ago
Clint0n
(27 posts)...
goes on to say the informant was paid $230,000. Remember this is back when Tom Ridge was raising the threat level every time a negative story came out about bush. They needed guys like this as a distraction... Not saying he's not guilty, just saying it looks like he got railroaded. Keep reading to learn the charges were dropped against the other members of his 'sleeper cell'.