Fort Dix prosecutors: Delay needed in trial

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Fort Dix prosecutors: Delay needed in trial
By Geoff Mulvihill - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 28, 2008 19:02:28 EDT

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Federal prosecutors agree that the trial of five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers at the Army’s Fort Dix should be delayed because a key witness is in Iraq.

Earlier this month, lawyers for the men said the trial could not begin as scheduled this fall because a key expert witness for the defendants who was also an Army reservist was sent to Iraq.

The expert, who has been studying whether there were problems with government informants in the case, is expected to return in January.

In court papers filed Thursday, prosecutors agreed that the trial should not begin without the expert, Gregory Lee.

Prosecutors say that even if logistics could be worked out for him to testify, the Army has a regulation that bars active personnel from testifying as expert witnesses against the nation’s interest.


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