*sigh*
As I said, treason is not too strong a word.
His character was a constant frame of reference to the issues of Persian and Arab muslims being all a Jihad nation within the US.
Perhaps this was a terrible string of coincidences for some of that group. I can only assume that a prosecutor would like nothing better than to make a name for himself in catching someone else in the 9/11 conspiracy, and here, the prosecutor says that there is nothing else here.
Along with the legacy of Ruby Ridge and Waco, we also have the legacy of the Atlanta Olympic bomber who was falsely accused and assumed to be guilty. We have the hobbyist who is always arrested with "an arsenal" of "assault weapons" that turn out to be semi-automatic commonly available guns.
I bet there were reporters trying to find the smoking gun and failing as this guy was let off, all a good sign that perhaps the system worked correctly.
It would all be so easy if we were just back when it was the Italians immigrating and all we had to fear was a nationwide crime syndicate that lasted a hundred years, LOL.
One of my sixth great grandfathers was a huge slave owner in the west indies and his great grandson was a violent abolitionist. The miracle of the USA can invert and reform a lot of evil.