June 17, 2005

Terrorism Trial of Ex-Professor Gets Started in Florida

By JOHN GRAVOIS

Case will hinge on nature of Al-Arian's involvement with Palestinian group

After enduring a decade-long string of allegations, threats, and professional attacks that academic-freedom activists once called an unruly trial by the press, Sami Al-Arian entered a federal courtroom here last week to begin his long-awaited trial by jury.

Mr. Al-Arian, who was fired in 2003 from his tenured post as a computer-engineering professor at the University of South Florida, faces a 53-count

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