United States v. Trabelsi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES, v. No. 06-cr-89 (RDM) NIZAR TRABELSI, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Defendant Nizar Trabelsi was extradited from the Kingdom of Belgium to the United States after serving a 10-year term of imprisonment in Belgium for, among other things, attempting to bomb the Kleine-Brogel Air Base (“Kleine-Brogel”) in 2001. In September 2014, Trabelsi (1) moved to dismiss the U.S. indictment on the ground that his extradition violated the non bis in idem (or “not twice”) principle contained in the extradition treaty between…