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  •  Portland Seven (background) (none / 0)

    The attorney detained today in Portland by the FBI apparently represented one of the "Portland Seven" defendants, Jeffrey Battle, in a child custody case. I have not seen any reports that he was involved in their criminal defense.

    For those unfamiliar with it, the "Portland Seven"  involved some Keystone Kops types who wanted to fight for the Taliban. They were discovered by a Skamania Co., Wa, sherriff's deputy playing with guns in a rock quarry not long after 9-11.

    Here is a summary of what the Portland Seven case entailed, from Slate

    The "Portland Seven": Guilty pleas were entered in February for the last members of the so-called "Portland Seven"--a group of Oregon Muslims charged with conspiring to wage war against the United States. One member of the group died in a shootout in Pakistan; the other six never got past China in their efforts to join the fighting in Afghanistan after 9/11. They have been sentenced to terms of between three and 18 years. The group, which included Mike Hawash, a Palestinian-born Intel engineer, spent its time studying books and films on jihad and martyrdom. Hawash pleaded to the charge of providing material support to the enemy, in exchange for which the conspiracy to wage war against America charges were dropped.

    by stilwell on Thu May 06, 2004 at 09:47:36 PM PDT

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