United States v. Awadallah

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Within days of the September 11th attacks against the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York and the FBI — -working with numerous federal, state and local agencies — initiated a federal grand jury to investigate those attacks. The grand jury was investigating, among other offenses, the crimes of destroying and conspiracy to destroy aircraft, see 18 U.S.C. § 32, bombing and bombing conspiracy, see 18 U.S.C. § 844, and seditious conspiracy to levy war against the United States of America, see 18…