When I read this article...

I thought these people just don't get it. The judicial system thinks we're playing some sort of touch football and once your out you go sit down and behave like a spectator. These Islamists truly, really truly want to kill as many of us as they can. You can argue about why but it would be the same result as if you asked Charles Manson. The answer doesn't matter the desire to kill is real and evident. That he was in a plot to blow up LAX should tell you everything you need to know about him. That he cooperated is all very nice so give him an extra dessert every night but for heavens sake don't think he's become a pacifist.

U.S. Judge’s Ruling May Return a Convicted Terrorist to Prison

By BENJAMIN WEISER

A judge in Manhattan has ruled that a convicted terrorist who was given a chance to rebuild his life after cooperating with the government violated the terms of his release by possessing a handgun and trying to buy an AK-47 assault rifle.

The terrorist, Abdelghani Meskini, could be ordered back to prison by the judge, John F. Keenan of Federal District Court, who originally gave Mr. Meskini a short sentence for his role in the failed “millennium plot” to blow up Los Angeles International Airport.

As part of his cooperation, Mr. Meskini testified against two other men who were convicted in the plot, and he pleaded guilty to conspiring to support terrorism and other charges. After he was released in 2005, he moved to Georgia and changed his name, paid thousands of dollars in restitution and took a job managing apartments that were infested with drug dealers and prostitutes.

One tenant, Crystal Amy Roughton, an admitted crack user and prostitute, became a close friend; she testified this month that Mr. Meskini had lent her money, taught her how to check clients’ backgrounds, and helped her prepare advertisements for an escort Web site.

But she said that she had also seen him with a gun, and that he asked her last year to help him obtain an AK-47.

Judge Keenan has scheduled a hearing on Friday at which sentencing issues are expected to be addressed. In his ruling, released on Thursday, the judge found Mr. Meskini had not violated other conditions, like associating with felons and frequenting drug establishments.

“Incredibly,” Judge Keenan wrote, “the United States Probation Department approved Meskini’s employment” as manager of the crime-ridden complex, in which he had been required to enter apartments to collect rent and make repairs.

“The Probation Department cannot now maintain that Meskini violated the conditions of his supervised release by performing work-related tasks,” the judge said.

In court recently, Mr. Meskini’s lawyer, Mark S. DeMarco, attacked the government’s evidence and the credibility of its witnesses, calling Ms. Roughton a liar.

But a prosecutor, Michael Rosensaft, said Mr. Meskini had gotten “a huge break on his sentence” and “threw it all away.”