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Al-Arian terror financing case puts Patriot Act to the test By VICKIE CHACHEREAssociated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla. -- For nearly a decade, FBI intelligence agents had been taping the telephones and intercepting the faxes of Sami Al-Arian and keeping secret what they knew about the professor's suspected ties to Palestinian terrorists - even from their colleagues working a criminal case against the same man. The full breadth of what the bureau knew about Al-Arian and others connected to the professor's charity, Muslim school and think tank was finally revealed in the spring of 2002. FBI Agent Joe Navarro walked into...