Die 67jährige Anwältin des blinden Scheichs Omar Abdel-Rahman, Lynne Stewart, wurde in New York soeben zu 28 Monaten Haft unbedingt verurteilt. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hatte 30 Jahre beantragt. In ihren eigenen Worten hat sie geholfen, ein Statement des Scheichs zu publizieren, mehr nicht. Für das Gericht ist dies materielle Unterstützung von Terroristen. AP beschreibt die Sicht der Anklage so

Prosecutors have called the case a major victory in the war on terrorism.

Stewart shares the Communist beliefs of the WWP [Workers World Party] and IAC and the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is anti-capitalist and believes the USA is an imperialistic nation, and that anti-capitalist violence is justified. In a 1995 New York Times interview she said, "I don't believe in anarchistic violence, but in directed violence. That would be violence directed at the institutions which perpetuate capitalism, racism, and sexism, and at the people who are the appointed guardians of those institutions, and accompanied by popular support."