NATO activists’ lawyers blast Ill. anti-terror law

Published June 13, 2012 12:07am ET



CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for three men facing terror-related charges for allegedly plotting to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters during the NATO summit last month blasted Illinois’ anti-terrorism statute Tuesday, saying it is too all-encompassing and ill-defined.

Defense attorneys spoke to reporters after a hearing in which prosecutors declined to show their counterparts an indictment handed down recently by a grand jury — a document that would likely reveal additional details about the case.

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