and even though adham had committed no violence, adham had done nothing criminal, the feds and immigrationand inform on his community, to try and be an informant. and he refused to do that. he considered it an affront to his dignity. he considered it unjust. and as a result, he spent a tremendous amount of time, he spent years in jails in florida, while, ultimately, the fbi and the local prosecutor, who eventually would be the trump cabinet member alex acosta, came up with pretexts to prosecute him. he was originally charged as a co-defendant with josé padilla, who is now placed in federal custody. and even though there was no way that the government could connect him to any act of violence, thanks to the patriot act and thanks to, frankly, the atmosphere politically in the years after 9/11, that he could be chged with things that simply were not acts of violence or acts of active contribution to specific people committing specific acts of violence that the government could name, and he was convicted. and as he was sentenced, the judge reduced his sentence, the feds were seeking life for a