[Shermy]

You sure late to post this one! Good catch.

Here's my template:

Feb. 7

Six Charged in Tenn. License Plot [Courtesy of the Tennessee DemocRAT Party]

Feb. 8 (for comedic relief)

Dri ver license fraud case here is a rare incident, state says

Feb. 11

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR AIDING ARABS IN DRIVER'S LICENSE SCAM PRESUMED DEAD

Tennessee finds a cost to easing driver's license rules Some other states, airlines no longer accept (Boston Globe)

Feb. 12

Feds fear license examiner is dead - Memphis Woman's co-defendants tied to 9/11, judge told

Feb. 13:

Body in car identified as license examiner - Update on Memphis, Tennesse License Examiner

Feb. 14

TENN DRIVER LICENSE SCANDAL: FLAMING DEATH NO ACCIDENT, FBI SAYS

TENN DRIVER LICENSE SCANDAL: FLAMING DEATH NO ACCIDENT, FBI SAYS (II)

Flaming death no accident, FBI says - Gasoline found on clothes of license examiner

Feb. 15

New York Times (with Pics of car) F.B.I. Says Arson Killed Woman Accused in License Scheme

Sm ith led low-impact life until arrest, fiery end (Not a thread)

Images of the burned car owned by Katherine Smith * alternate title: How Arabs Kill Witnesses

FBI Agent: Arson Killed Key Suspect (driver's license examiner accused of supplying terrorists)

Feb.16

License suspect had WTC repair pass, but Port Authority did its own work [Tennessee License Scandal]

TE NN DRIVER LICENSE SCANDAL: FLAMING DEATH NO ACCIDENT, FBI SAYS

***FBI checking 5 in illegal-license cases for possible al-Qaida links

Feb. 18:

Mourners remember the good deeds of license examiner, not how she died

Feb. 20

State Immigrant I.D. Llicense for Disaster, Foes Say [Tennessee License Scandal - Business as Usual]

Terror in Tennessee? (Front Page magazine)

Feb. 22

Terroris m expert [Steven Emerson] monitors the Mid-South (WMC-TV Memphis 2/23)

Feb. 24:

Caution: Driver license rule-makers at work

*TN License Scandals

Pics of License Scam suspects

Color Pics of Suspects

Other Stories

I-70 Traffic Stop Turns Up $300K In Cash, Undocumented Jordanian (Al Qaida Operative?) [2/22 Utah]

Licenses for undocumented aliens steer legislators both ways - Driving: INS official says passage of bill would make deportation more difficult; proponents say it would give sense of identity (Kansas 2/20)

Immigrant Licenses Debated ( ILLEGAL ALIENS... AGAIN )[Kansas 2/20]

***Grass roots, politicians differ on immigration (2/14 plus Grover Norquist Barf Alert)

FBI investigating ‘‘mass destruction’’ inquiry (2/21 Somali asks U. of Memphis professor for weapons advice

GAO Report Finds “Pervasive and Serious Problem”” with Immigration Benefit Fraud Terrorists and Drug Dealers Manipulating Benefits Application Process To Carry Out Criminal Activities

Man on FBI watch list spotted (2/23 Iraqi, with Saddam Connections, in truck with OK lic. Plates, Picking up chemicals in Michigan. Egads!) Santa Paula Mayor's Wife Target of Probe (Calif. -Selling Drivers Licenses to Illegals)

Phony IDs, Real Danger (CBS 2/26)

NJ Man Charged in Bogus ID Ring Linked to 9/11 Hijackers

And don’t forget the stories about the Doctor who “fell” off a Memphis bridge!

[Shermy]

From WMC-TV Channel 5:

Grand jury indicts license fraud suspects

Five men arrested for allegedly running a license fraud ring have been indicted by a grand jury. The men were in custody at the Federal Correctional Institute on John Denie Road in Shelby County while prosecutor Tim DiScenza read the indictment from a room inside the federal building in downtown Memphis.

All five of the Middle Eastern men were charged with one count of conspiracy. "This indictment carries a maximum possible penalty of not more than 5 years or $250-thousand fine and three years of supervisory release," said DiScenza.

According to the indictment, Sakhera Hammad would pay Kahled Odtllah sums of money and then Odtllah would arrange with driver's license examiner Katherine Smith to "have those licenses issued without proper documentation, without necessary tests being administered, and without proof of residency being obtained."

Then the indictment goes on to allege that Smith agreed to enter information into the Department of Safety computer system to make it appear that the men had the necessary documents. Investigators believe the scheme was going on or about August 1, 2001, and up to about February the 5th of 2002.

Attorneys for the men were not forewarned of today's development. But Clifton Harvel was not surprised. Harvel represents Mostafa Abou Shahin an Egyptian man who speaks very little English. At the time the indictment was being handed up, Harvel was communicating with his client for the first time since the arrest. While in prison, Shahin spent seven hours talking to his lawyer with the help of an Egyptian translator. The men will likely be arraigned in court some time within the next two weeks. While in prison the men are on 23 hour a day lock down.

[RaceBannon]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY LINKS TO ARTICLES OF ARABS TAKING PICTURES OF DAMS, BLDS, CHEMICAL PLANTS, ETC?

[dalebert]

I thought FOX said these were just regular Americans trying to get work?

[aristeides]

5 NYC men? Are they in addition to Odtllah, who I think was a Shelby County local?