Youssef Megahed is not charged with terrorism. But whether the Egyptian citizen was a potential terrorist or just an innocent college student has been a central question since his arrest in South Carolina in 2007, when deputies said he and Ahmed Mohamed had pipe bombs in the trunk of their car. ...more

March 16, 2009

The criminal contempt case against Sami Al-Arian may collapse because of the actions of the federal prosecutor who brought the charges in Virginia, two law professors say. ...more

December 21, 2008

Local supporters of a former University of South Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist hailed his release from a federal lockup in Virginia on Tuesday as long overdue. ...more

September 3, 2008

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist has been released for the first time in more than five years. ...more

September 2, 2008

In the immortal words of Agent 86 Maxwell Smart, Sami Al-Arian "missed it by that much," in an effort to get out of the hoosegow earlier this week. ...more

July 17, 2008

A federal judge in Virginia has granted bail for Sami Al-Arian while he awaits a trial in August on contempt charges. But it was unclear whether Al-Arian will be released from custody, because government authorities are still trying to hold him in immigration detention pending his deportation, according to a blog post by Jonathan Turley, one of Al-Arian's attorneys. ...more

July 10, 2008

TAMPA – Attorneys for Sami Al-Arian are asking a federal judge in Virginia to release the former University of South Florida professor on bail while he awaits trial on charges of criminal contempt. Al-Arian has completed his federal sentence for helping a terrorist group, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but is still behind bars because he refused to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Islamic charities in Virginia. ...more

July 9, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned Monday on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

July 1, 2008

Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was arraigned this afternoon on two charges of criminal contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury in Virginia. ...more

June 30, 2008

A former Tampa professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group was charged Thursday with refusing to testify before a grand jury in a related investigation. ...more

June 27, 2008