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Worse still, government witnesses were allowed, including from Saudi guards (translated by live satellite feed using pseudonyms for "security reasons") who tortured him yet they denied using it on anyone, contradicting clear evidence the State Department acknowledges, but the defense wasn't allowed to introduce it - a Fifth Amendment violation that no one shall "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," meaning a fair trial according to established legal standards, what prosecutors flagrantly prohibited.
Further, Saudis admitted that US prosecutors "ordered" certain questions be asked, and FBI agents participated - clear evidence that Washington engineered the entire process, including his interrogation and torture that took place from 8PM - 6AM on successive days, during which he was shackled, chained, ordered to confess in writing, then read it aloud during videotaping.
Before trial, prosecutors called him "one of the most dangerous terrorist threats that America faces" since 9/11. His lawyer, John K. Zwerling, said he was in Saudi Arabia for religious studies, now bogusly convicted of terrorism and a plot to kill George Bush.
On March 29, 2006, a DOJ press release announced his conviction on nine charges, three above the original six, including:
-- a conspiracy to kill George Bush;
-- conspiracy to commit air piracy; and
-- conspiracy to destroy an aircraft.
He was sentenced to 30 years in prison, followed by 30 more on supervised release. His co-conspirators weren't named, yet prosecutors claimed "he received training from members of (an Al Qaeda cell) in weapons, explosives, and document forgery." Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty called his conviction "a milestone achievement in the international effort to bring terrorists to justice." With Abu Ali behind bars, he's "no longer a threat to the American people."
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