The Latest Conviction in the War on Terror

Terrorist abetting attorney Lynne Stewart has been convicted:

Veteran civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart was convicted Thursday of helping terrorists by smuggling messages of violence from one of her imprisoned clients -- a radical Egyptian sheik -- to his terrorist disciples on the outside.

Not just any terrorist; Omar Abdel-Rahman, a player in the first WTC attack, along with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Yousef:

Abdel-Rahman was sentenced to life in prison after his 1995 conviction for conspiring to assassinate Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and destroy several New York City landmarks. His lawyer was Stewart, whose client list includes Weather Underground radicals and mob turncoat Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.

I'm a bit surprised that Newsday uses "New York City landmarks" instead of World Trade Center. Actually, no I'm not, but I digress. Stewart has represented some shady characters and has a long history of radicalism and extreme leftism. Granted, every indicted person deserves representation and Stewart filled that role, but in my book she's the same as Ramzi...er, Ramsey Clark. Stewart broke the law and bordered on treason:

Stewart repeatedly declared her innocence during the trial, maintaining she was unfairly targeted by overeager prosecutors. She testified on her own behalf as well, saying she believed violence was sometimes necessary to rid society of evil -- even in America."To rid ourselves of the entrenched, voracious type of capitalism that is in this country that perpetuates sexism and racism, I don't think that can come nonviolently," she said.Prosecutors said Stewart broke a promise to the government by letting outsiders communicate with the sheik, who was in solitary confinement under special prison rules designed to stop him from communicating with anyone except his wife and his lawyers.

The blind sheik had some nice words that should've helped spread the word that Islam is the religion of peace:

The evidence, though, included video images of bin Laden at a meeting with one of the sheik's sons and a bin Laden associate who spoke by telephone with Sattar. Another piece of evidence was a fiery message sent by the sheik with the words, "From the American Prison.""Drown [American] ships, shoot down their airplanes, kill them on earth in the sea or in the sky, kill them everywhere you find them," he said, according to the government exhibit.