the holy land foundation or the it was once the largest muslim charity the united states started the us the people it affected were in palestine because the spend nations goal was to provide relief for palestinians in the west bank gaza strip as well as the countless palestinian refugees in neighboring countries the foundation was a beacon of hope but that hope died in two thousand and one just three months after nine eleven when president bush issued an executive order to shut the organization down freezing its assets and accusing it of raising funds for hamas but that wasn't the end because what followed was a crusade against the holy land five these men pictured here and now all five of them are in prison serving sentences up to sixty five years so talk about this case in the relentless fight for justice i'm joined by nora la sheep writer and daughter of imprisoned co-founder her son. nor i know that today is a very special holiday for you so i really appreciate you coming on to talk to us absolutely it's my pleasure so you're in new york right now doing what you've been doing for

holy land 5 rallied outside a federal building in manhattan. michael ratner of the center for constitutional rights said holy land had given money to groups also funded by the u.s. state department. >> the foundation gave charity to committees -- charitable committees in palestine. they were given a by our own government. >> the government's case relied on israeli intelligence, as well as disputed documents and electronic surveillance gathered by the fbi over a span of 15 years. the first trial ended in a hung jury, but prosecutors obtained convictions in a retrial the following year. seventeen people were arrested on thursday protesting u.s. drone warfare at the hancock field air national guard base near syracuse, new york. members of the upstate coalition to ground the drones and in the wars were detained after creating a blockade outside three of the base gates, holding signs and pictures of children killed by u.s. drone attacks overseas. it was the latest in a series of protests outside the base, where the drones are operated remotely. the late former democratic senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern was remembered thursday at a funeral service in his home state of south dakota. mc