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Posted on 05/14/2011 7:02:29 AM PDT by ruralvoter
Federal agents dubbed the case “Operation Cedar Sweep,” zeroing in on South Florida head-shop owners of mostly Lebanese descent. Some were suspected of selling “cut” for cocaine and sending profits to the Middle East for possible terrorist activities.
But after a two-year FBI investigation with undercover police officers, Miami federal prosecutors lacked evidence to make terrorism support cases. And this week, prosecutors also decided to drop drug-related charges against 27 defendants, many of whom had been detained since their arrests early this year.
(snip) “Dropping charges against 27 defendants connected together in one investigation is highly unusual.”
The U.S. attorney’s office, which traditionally does not explain why it drops charges, issued a statement, saying “new information surfaced that, in our discretion, made it appropriate to dismiss the charges.”
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
It’s more important for DOJ to spend its resources investigating CIA agents.
/sarc
(snip) “Dropping charges against 27 defendants connected together in one investigation is highly unusual.”
One would think that the “perps” have the goods of some very high up people!
Maybe it was bogus from day 1?
Time for some lawsuits.
I’m guessing back around December some beltway DEA bureaucrat-with-a-gun said “Damn, it’s cold here! Let’s go invetigate somebody in Florida for a few months.”
So Tommy Chong goes to prison for selling hand crafted bongs, which never included drugs.........And drug dealing Islamists get a wink-n-nod?
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