[Jim Noble]

Obviously, and Federal judge not in the bag will dismiss these charges in a nanosecond.

I wonder if that's the point.

[CJacobs]

Just to follow up on this thread that I had started.

Source and quotes from the article:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/suspected-terrorist-asks-judge-to-dismiss-case/

“We respectfully submit that this case presents possibly the most unique and egregious example of a speedy trial violation in American jurisprudence to date,”

“This motion asks one primary question,” the lawyers, Peter E. Quijano, Michael K. Bachrach and Gregory Cooper, wrote. “Can national security trump an indicted defendant’s constitutional Right to a Speedy Trial? We respectfully submit that the answer is emphatically and without qualification, ‘No.’ ”