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Yassin Aref's arrest and court case generated a great deal of interest. Many articles have been written about the case. The articles are grouped together by publication or author for the convenience of the reader.
New York Times Articles
Carl Strock Columns, Daily Gazette
Fred LeBrun Cloumns, Times Union
Local reports Daily Gazette and Times Union
Other new articles
Editorial Cartoon
Article published in the Rolling Stone:
The Fear Factory - The FBI now has more than 100 task forces devoted exclusively to fighting terrorism. But is the government manufacturing ghosts? by GUY LAWSON, Posted Jan 25, 2008
Article published in the Mother Jones:
Department of Pre-Crime, Mother Jones, February 29, 2008
Articles published in the New York Times:
Convicted Imam Seeks Evidence of Wiretapping, Published: March 25, 2008
Who Will Keep an Eye on the Spies? Published: August 26, 2007, letters to the editor
Spying Program May Be Tested by Terror Case By ADAM LIPTAK, Page A-1, Published: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Editorial, Spies, Lies and Wiretaps Published: January 29, 2006 New York Times
Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU Published: December 16, 2005
U.S. Representative And Mosque Plot, November 11, 2004, New York Times
Key Evidence Cast in Doubt On a Claim Of Terrorism By MARC SANTORA, August 18, 2004 New York Times
Bail Denied for 2 in Albany in F.B.I.'s Fake Missile Plot, By MARC SANTORA, August 11, 2004 New York Times
Carl Strock, a columnist from the Daily Gazette, attended the entire trial and wrote extensively about the case. He believed the trial was a miscarriage of justice, even entitling one column "I Hang My Head in Shame":One strong argument in Muslim appeal, by Carl Strock, Daily Gazette, 3/27/08
Aref book reveals life of travail, by Carl Strock, Daily Gazette, 3/9/08
Yassin Aref: Another Look at Justice, by Carl Strock, Daily Gazette, Spring, 2007
FBI won, but they’re still fighting, by Carl Strock, Daily Gazette, April 1, 2007
Inmates go to bat for Aref and Hossain by Carl Strock, Schenectady Daily Gazette, published March 22, 2007
Prisoners Write to the Judge, March, 2007
Muslim case: It really was a terror trial by Carl Strock, Schenectady Daily Gazette, published March 14, 2007
An Interview with Yassin Aref, by Carl Strock, Daily Gazette, February 4, 2007
Verdict is in, but who is really guilty? - I hang my head in shame. by Carl Strock, Daily Gazette, October, 2006
Fred LeBrun , a columnist from the Times Union, attended the much of the trial.
An injustice born from era of paranoia begs to be reversed by Fred LeBrun, Times Union, Friday, March 9, 2007
History will remember Albany terrorism sting as a witch hunt By Fred LeBrun, Times Union, January 12, 2007
STING CASE PUTS JUSTICE ON TRIAL By FRED LeBRUN, Times Union, September17, 2006
JUSTICE MAY GET LOST IN TRANSLATION By FRED LeBRUN, Sunday, July 16, 2006
JUSTICE LOST IN DIARY'S TRANSLATION? By FRED LeBRUN, Times Union, Friday, June 9, 2006
PARALLELS OF INEQUITY IN TERROR CASES By FRED LeBRUN, Times Union, Tuesday, April 25, 2006
SHAKY CASE KEEPS IMAM STUCK IN JAIL, By FRED LeBRUN, Times Union, Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The two local newspapers, the Daily Gazette and the Times Union convered the story intensively:Terror convictions put to the test, Convicted in 2006 after a fictitious plot, 2 members of an Albany mosque take case to federal appeals court, March 25, 2008
Appeal nears in terror sting, Federal panel to weigh case of 2 Muslim immigrants guilty of money laundering in Albany, March 23, 2008
Letters to the Editor, Times Union, March 15, 2007
The justice of leniency, Editorial, Albany Times Union, First published: Thursday, March 8, 2007
Conviction o Terrorists' Reminder of FBI 'Glory Days', VIEWPOINT by K. C. Halloran BY K.C. For The Sunday Gazette, Sunday, October 14, 2006
Intent of missile plot not lost in translation FBI case juror says panel dismissed concerns that defendants were duped by Brendan Lyons, Senior writer, Times Union, October 13, 2006
Agents took their time, worried that too much information too soon would alert their targets by Brendan Lyons, Senior writer, Times Union, October 12, 2006
Government keeps info from defense lawyers in terror cases, By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY,Posted 5/21/2006 10:50 PM ET
Calls Key in Terror Case (calls from Albany NY to Syria) BRENDAN LYONS, Times Union, March 22, 2006
Setback for 2 charged in FBI sting
Allegations of links to foreign terror figures to be raised at local men's trial, by BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer, Times Union, Tuesday, January 10, 2006Suspects raise domestic spy issue
2 Albany Muslim men accused in FBI sting seek information
By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer
Times Union, January 5, 2006Judge sets bail, citing 'serious questions'
Albany -- Evidence tying suspects to terror called lacking; 2 could be out of jail this week, By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer, Times Union, First published: Wednesday, August 25, 2004Mosque welcomed in informant
Albany-- FBI saw Shahed Hussain, a Pakistani immigrant who faced charges, as a person who could infiltrate group and root out terror, By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer, Times Union, First published: Sunday, August 8, 2004In terror pursuit, a maze of leads By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer, Times Union, January 17, 2003
Articles published in magazines and other newspapers:Justice For All? - From Sting to Frame-Up: The Case of Yassin Aref by Stephen Downs, October, 2007
New York Civil Liberties Union Press Release, March 8, 2007
Judge frees 2 suspects and blasts terror case, Prosecutors concede a translation error, By Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters | August 25, 2004
Watching the wheel of injustice, Glens Falls Post-Star, published 03/09/2007, Commentary, By Will Doolittle
Articles published on the Web:Was Justice Served in the Case of Aref and Hossain?
The American Judicial System Gone Horribly Awry by Melissa Goodman, Huffingtonpost.com, August 29, 2007
BILL AND TIMS’ (AND GEORGE AND JOHN AND JUAN’s) TERROR ADVENTURE, posted on 10,000 Things Blog
Secret Court Proceedings in the NSA Cases: The Next Best Thing to Not Having Courts at All , April 27, 2006
Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation, Before the Senate Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, February 16, 2005
Tancredo Questions State Dep't Move to Grant 100 Undocumented Muslims Citizenship, August, 2004
Related ArticlesTHE CONVERSATION, From Harper’s Magazine, November 2007, p. 26
Editorial Cartoon
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April 17, 2008
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