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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - The government must disclose whether it used any information from the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program in its case against a man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate the president, a federal judge has ruled.
Judge Gerald Bruce Lee postponed the man's sentencing at the request of defense lawyers who suspect that Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 24, of Falls Church, was illegally targeted by the eavesdropping program.
In a ruling made public Tuesday, the judge gave prosecutors until March 9 to submit a sworn declaration from a government official to say whether any information from the eavesdropping was used in Abu Ali's case.
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