ABSTRACT
Sami Al-Arian was born in Kuwait in 1958. He relocated with his family to Egypt in 1966 and at the age of seventeen came to the United States to commence his college education in 1975. Al-Arian was also involved in local community organizations, such as Tampa’s Islamic Community Center, the Florida Islamic Academy, and as an imam in his local mosque. The dismissal occurred six days after Al-Arian was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation following the return of a fifty-count grand jury indictment. The indictment charges that Al-Arian was a key official in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, designated by the US government as a terrorist organizatiofn. Al-Arian filed his motion in the Florida district court and argued that he and the government agreed that he would not be required to cooperate with the government in any manner. Al-Arian also argues that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia is bound by the plea agreement.
