Statement of Tasia Scolinos, Director of Public Affairs, on the Al Arian Case:

The following press release was published by the US Department of Justice on Dec. 6, 2005. It is reproduced in full below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 "The Justice Department has a strong track record of success in prosecuting terrorists and those who support terrorist activities, as evidenced by the convictions in recent weeks in the Abu Ali and Paracha cases. We remain focused on the important task at hand, which is to protect our country through our ongoing vigorous prosecution of terrorism cases. While we respect the jury’s verdict, we stand by the evidence we presented in court against Sami Al Arian and his co-defendants. Discussions are ongoing as to whether the government will seek to retry defendants Al Arian and Hatem Fariz on the outstanding charges." 05-647

Source: US Department of Justice