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Originally posted by allprowolfy
Yes read this story this morning Op and i have nothing good to say as the good seem like they always have there day in court.
Need to bump this story up as everyone needs to be filled in on it
Case Dropped Against Md. Woman
NEW YORK -- The federal government has dropped its case against a former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency, saying in court papers that prosecuting her would no longer be in the interests of justice. But Susan Lindauer has vowed to sue, saying that she was falsely arrested and prosecuted. The Takoma Park, Md., woman was arrested in 2004 on charges that she conspired to act as a spy for the Iraqi intelligence service, making contact through the Iraqi consulate in New York. A judge last year ruled Lindauer was mentally unfit for trial.
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
reply to post by hawaii50th
I believe you have some facts wrong. Lindauer was arrested on suspicion that she received an amount of $10,000 by the Iraqi Intelligence agency and took a trip to Baghdad at their request. She denied receiving the money but admitted to her trip to Baghdad. Its easy to say that the bank records are faked, but not so easy to claim you were not physically somewhere that you actually were.
Lindauer is not in prison
, she was released before her trial in 2006 when a federal judge ruled her not mentally fit to stand trial, which was reaffimred in 2008. In 2009 all charged against her were dropped by the govt.
byline Jan 17,, 2009
Case Dropped Against Md. Woman
NEW YORK -- The federal government has dropped its case against a former congressional aide accused of helping an Iraqi spy agency, saying in court papers that prosecuting her would no longer be in the interests of justice. But Susan Lindauer has vowed to sue, saying that she was falsely arrested and prosecuted. The Takoma Park, Md., woman was arrested in 2004 on charges that she conspired to act as a spy for the Iraqi intelligence service, making contact through the Iraqi consulate in New York. A judge last year ruled Lindauer was mentally unfit for trial.
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Originally posted by hawaii50th
Your statement is interesting and curious, makes one wonder and maybe a bit suspicious of the intent here.
Have a good day.
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
Originally posted by hawaii50th
Your statement is interesting and curious, makes one wonder and maybe a bit suspicious of the intent here.
Have a good day.
Which statement do you mean?
I would be more than happy to discuss further.
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
reply to post by hawaii50th
I think thats a fair assessment here. I'm not saying that she is lying here, I dont know the ins and outs of the case very well, just what I've read, but it seems weird to me that the claims in her corner are that the trial was put off to keep her from telling her story, only for her to be released and be allowed to publish a book.
If whoever was trying to silence her, why allow her to be released?
Why allow her to pubish a book?
It seems to me very fishy that she denied knowledge of any money, but did not deny the trip to Baghdad.
I would think that if anyone was trying to silence her, releasing her and allowing her to publish a book is not a very good tactic. I think that is she was to be silenced for real, we would never have read this story or be having this discussion.edit on 31-1-2011 by youdidntseeme because: (no reason given)