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TRUE BELIEVER.(The Talk of the Town)(Patrick J. Fitzgerald)
Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the gangbusting son-of-a-doorman U.S. Attorney assigned to investigate the Valerie Plame leak case, has lately seemed to elicit more appellations than just about anybody. He's "Eliot Ness with a Harvard degree" (his colleagues), "a righteous, homespun voice of reason" (the Times), "like a Bing Crosby movie" (opposing counsel). Even his enemies, it turns out, can't resist parsing his character.
In a series of freewheeling conversations that took place at a Minnesota prison in May, 2000, and were surreptitiously taped by the federal government, the blind cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman; his lawyer, Lynne Stewart; and a translator, Mohammed Yousry, traded opinions on a range of subjects, including Fitzgerald. (He prosecuted Abdel Rahman for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and wrote a set of rules, known as Special Administrative Measures, or SAMs, to hinder the Sheikh's ability to communicate from jail. Stewart and Yousry were later convicted for conspiring to help him do just that.) The three discussed prison food, the Sheikh's sweet tooth, women, e-mail, Egyptian politics, Cat Stevens, the Beatles, John Gotti, and a number of mutual acquaintances. Their thoughts on Patrick Fitzgerald:
YOUSRY: Who stops Dr. Aziza [Abdel Rahman's personal doctor] from visiting? Is it this prison, or is it the judge? It is uh, uh, uhm . . ., STEWART: The SAMs. . . . SAM is the evil Fitzgerald., YOUSRY: Who is responsible for SAM, is it Fitzgerald?, STEWART: Fitzgerald., YOUSRY: So can we ask. . . Fitzgerald's. . . permission. . . to bring Dr. Aziza to see the Sheikh, even though. . . the SAM does not allow her to ...
- Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah (L) and Egyptian actress Mona...
- Picture from: Getty Images DAMIEN MEYER September 3, 2009 700+ words
DAMIEN MEYER Getty Images 09-03-2009 Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah (L) and Egyptian actress Mona... Full Size JPG (3464 KB) Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah (L) and Egyptian actress Mona Zakki pose during the photocall of their...
- Terrorist may be returned home: Abdel Rahman seen as mediator.(World)(Egypt)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Engel, Richard September 9, 1999 700+ words
...convicted Islamic militant Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman say both Egypt and the United States...officials in Cairo have agreed to let Abdel Rahman's wife and sons travel to the United...family members have been permitted to see Abdel Rahman since he traveled to the United States...
- Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman Trial: 1995-96
- Reference information from: Great American Trials Smith, Tom January 1, 2002 700+ words
Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman Trial: 1995-96 Defendants: Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, El Sayyid Nosair, Ibrahim El-Gabrowny, Victor...January 30, 1995-January 17, 1996 Verdicts: Abdel Rahman: Guilty of conspiracy and solicitation to commit...
- Egypt: the revolutionary ambitions of an exiled preacher. (Shaikh Omar...
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest March 19, 1993 700+ words
SHAIKH Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind Egyptian Islamic scholar...After a period of obscurity, Abdel-Rahman has come to prominence in recent...York World Trade Centre bombing. Abdel-Rahman has denied any involvement in the...
- Sheik Abdel Rahman's Conviction
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post February 3, 1996 700+ words
...mischaracterizes what our client, Omar Abdel Rahman, was convicted for. The article...states that Judge Mukasey said Dr. Abdel Rahman's "acts" would have caused...Michael B. Mukasey said that Sheik Abdel Rahman was convicted, not of any acts...
- Rochester prison holding terrorist takes extra steps; Security is tight at the...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Doyle, Pat October 27, 2001 700+ words
...Rochester holding terrorist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman installed a guard post at its entrance...enforcing an unusual restriction on Abdel Rahman, a Muslim cleric and spiritual leader...rounds of terrorism, the restriction on Abdel Rahman's speech illustrates some ways in...
- Scouring the Koran for fighting words: Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman's violent...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Sheler, Jeffery L. August 16, 1993 700+ words
...against the enemies of Islam: "Omar Abdel-Rahman,/You who make thrones quake," the...York. To his followers, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman is a wise and powerful defender of traditional...estimates range from 4,000 to 20,000-- Abdel-Rahman's credentials as a religious teacher...
- Abdel-Rahman and Followers Receive Maximum Sentences
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition January 18, 1996 700+ words
...States. Militant Muslim preacher Omar Abdel-Rahman received a sentence of life in prison...assassinate key figures. Sentences for Abdel Rahman's nine co-defendants in the bombing...In a long and rambling speech, Sheik Abdel-Rahman called the case `a fierce attack in...
