Jurors acquit terror suspect

The feds will probably just deport him:

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- In a stinging defeat for prosecutors, a former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on nearly half the charges against him Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the rest.
The case against Sami Al-Arian, 47, had been seen as one of the biggest courtroom tests yet of the Patriot Act's expanded search-and-surveillance powers.

Wonder if they'll have any better luck with Arwah Jaber.
UPDATE: Eric Boehlert notes that the networks' evening news shows, despite having reported prominently Al-Arian's arrest, disgracefully ignored his acquittal.