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<h2><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 20pt;">Terror Across America</span> / Radical Islamic Terrorist Sami Osmakac’s conviction for plot to bomb Tampa night clubs upheld by Appeals Court</h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">TAMPA, FLA. – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Sami Osmakac (30, Pinellas Park) for attempted use of weapons of mass destruction and possession of a fully automatic firearm. A federal jury found him guilty in June 2014. In November 2014, U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Osmakac to 40 years’ imprisonment.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on January 7, 2012, as part of a terrorist plot, Osmakac attempted to use weapons of mass destruction, including a car bomb, grenades, and a suicide explosive, at two locations in the Tampa Bay area, specifically; MacDinton’s Irish Pub and the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. Additionally, on January 7, 2012,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Osmakac possessed a machine gun without the firearm being registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On appeal, Osmakac argued that his surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) had violated the law, that a misstatement by the government during closing arguments had made his trial unfair, and that the district court should have imposed a lower sentence based on the government’s purported sentencing-factor manipulation.</span></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 22pt;">The evidence at trial, the Court observed, had established that, as early as December 2010, Osmakac had “demonstrated a commitment to Islamic extremism.” </span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected each of these arguments. The evidence at trial, the Court observed, had established that, as early as December 2010, Osmakac had “demonstrated a commitment to Islamic extremism.” As to the FISA argument, the Court held that the surveillance of Osmakac pursuant to FISA had been proper and constitutional. The Court also held that the government’s misstatement in closing argument had been corrected by the district court and had been counteracted by the “substantial evidence of Osmakac’s guilt.” Finally, the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot. The Court further noted that, even though Osmakac had “multiple chances” to decline to use a car bomb, “he never did, even after multiple warnings.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted in the district court by Assistant United States Attorney Sara C. Sweeney and Trial Attorney Clement McGovern from the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. The appeal was handled by Assistant United States Attorneys Cherie L. Krigsman, David P. Rhodes, and Sara C. Sweeney.</span></p>
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8605 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 20:47:15"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/01-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8605 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8606 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 20:47:56"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/21-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8606 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8607 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 20:48:46"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/18-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8607 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8610 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 20:57:06"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/12-525x375.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8610 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8611 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 20:58:13"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/16-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8611 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8612 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 21:00:02"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11-400x285.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8612 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8613 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 21:01:32"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/04-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8613 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8614 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-21 21:03:09"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/KLAN-Killing-America/dp/B00GONSVA8/ref=la_B0051KKWKM_1_5_title_0_main?s=books&;ie=UTF8&;qid=1432255919&;sr=1-5" target="_self" aria-label="View Slide Details" class="metaslider_image_link"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/03-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8602 slide-8614 msDefaultImage" /></a><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">the Court held that the district court had correctly rejected Osmakac’s sentencing-factor manipulation argument because Osmakac, not the government, had “initiated and greatly escalated the planned terrorist attack by asking” to use weapons of mass destruction as part of his violent plot.</div></div></li>
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