Prosecutors Ordered to Identify NYC Terror Witness

January 27, 2012 by legitgov

Prosecutors Ordered to Identify NYC Terror Witness --Judge allows government to provide name under protective order barring defense from disclosing it to public 25 Jan 2012 A judge gave federal prosecutors until a week from Wednesday to give up the name of a witness they say was recruited for a chilling, al-Qaida[al-CIAduh]-sanctioned plot for suicide bombers to attack the New York City subways with explosives made from beauty supplies. Lawyers for alleged plotter Adis Madunjanin had demanded to know the identity of the man, referred to only as John Doe in court papers, before Madunjanin goes to trial later this year. District Judge Raymond Dearie said Madunjanin's lawyers had a right to know the name.