The authors also interviewed federal and local investigators in terrorism cases throughout the 1990's.

Instead, the decision appeared to reflect efforts by the Federal authorities to explore any possible lead in terrorism cases.

Many legal observers expect the administration to lose at least one of the terrorism cases.

Justice Alito will almost immediately begin work on two complex terrorism cases.

Lawyers inside and outside the government said the deal may damage the government's credibility, but will have little impact on other terrorism cases.

In terrorism cases, a person may be detained for a maximum of 28 days.

The four other defendants in the terrorism case face life sentences if convicted.

A similar sense of betrayal may have influenced the justices in the terrorism cases.

And judges handling terrorism cases had to pay for any security themselves.

This was the first terrorism case in Canada to be decided by a jury.