Thu Nov 12, 2:57 PM ET

Protesters stand outside Federal District Court in Boston, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, following a hearing for Tarek Mehanna, of Sudbury, Mass., who has been charged with conspiring to plot terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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