John G. Koeltl

Bill Lann Lee Involved With Group That Defended Terror Lawyer

Submitted by Ben Johnson on Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:00

Bill Lann LeeBill Lann Lee, a former U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served during the Clinton administration, is deeply involved with a group that donated thousands of dollars for the legal defense of convicted terrorist lawyer Lynne Stewart.

Five-and-a-half years after being convicted of providing material support for terrorism, Stewart last month was resentenced to ten years.

Lee, who was Bill Clinton's top civil rights officer from 1997-2000, is a donor to, and serves on the advisory board of, the Impact Fund. The Berkeley-based foundation directed a $5,000 grant to the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee in 2006.

Soros' Investment in Terror Lawyer Backfires

Submitted by Ben Johnson on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 09:25

Soros photoFive-and-a-half years after being convicted of providing material support for terrorism, terror lawyer Lynne Stewart finally received a sentence commensurate with her crime. She was resentenced last week to ten years. But if George Soros had his way, she would be free today.

Stewart made a career out of defending street criminals and terrorists, including Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (pleaded guilty), Weather Underground terrorist David J. Gilbert (convicted), and Larry Davis (acquitted of wounding six policemen and killing several others in 1986, only to be convicted of a later murder and killed in prison). It should have come as no surprise that Stewart, who worked "less than a mile from where the World Trade Center once stood," represented "the Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdel Rahman.

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