Lynne Stewart is a former attorney who represented controversial, poor, and often unpopular
defendants who was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists in 2005, and sentenced to 28 months in prison. Her felony conviction led to her being automatically disbarred. She was convicted of helping pass messages from her client, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian cleric convicted of planning terror attacks, to his followers in al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an organization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States Secretary of State. She has stated openly that the Middle East’s only hope for the future lay in the teachings of such organizations as Al Qaeda, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood. She has also stated publicly that she considers violence against American corporations and the people who work for them to be totally justified. Stewart has also assiduously defended American terrorist organizations such as the Weather Underground and its members such as William Ayers.
Stewart is unrepentant of her stance and the activities she has undertaken to serve the interests of murderers and terrorists. She is a traitor to her country and should be served a traitor’s sentence for her crimes.
