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I had to read it twice to make sure I was reading it correctly, er, PC-correctly. Argggggg. Here is a snip from another article, same subject, different source:

SNIP:
"As the jury was neither instructed that such a relationship was a required element of the offense, nor did the government offer evidence that Ressam's explosives were used to facilitate his false customs declaration, his conviction on Count 9 must be reversed," Judge Pamela Ann Rymer wrote for a split three-judge panel.

"We vacate the entire sentence so that the district court can resentence in light of this decision."

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-01-16T192400Z_01_N16212154_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-CRIME-MILLENNIUM.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-domesticNews-3

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Feds Defend Partnership With Islamic Group Under Scrutiny
January 16, 2007

Federal government agencies are defending their continuing cooperation with a high-profile Islamic organization at a time when its alleged ties to terrorists have come under renewed scrutiny.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has historic links to a U.S.-based group charged with terrorist funding, and several individuals associated with CAIR have been jailed for terror-related offenses (

Its critics also charge that while CAIR officials condemn terrorist attacks, they commonly refuse to condemn terror groups by name, particularly the Palestinian Hamas and Lebanese-based Hizballah.

Much more at link:

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200701/NAT20070116a.html