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Defense wants to question undercover agent in alleged Laos plot
By Denny Walsh and Stephen Magagnini - Bee Staff Writers
Published 7:46 pm PDT Monday, June 25, 2007
Defense lawyers proposed Monday to question an undercover agent under oath at an upcoming hearing in the case alleging 10 prominent members of the Hmong community and a former U.S. Army officer conspired to overthrow the communist government in Laos.
U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. set a July 12 hearing on a consolidated motion by the defense lawyers to free their clients on bail pending trial. The judge, however, did not commit to the questioning of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent, whose identity is not known publicly and whose undercover work posing as an arms dealer is the glue that holds the case together.
The defense lawyers are unhappy with the rulings thus far by two magistrate judges denying bail to seven defendants following a hearing. The other four defendants are in custody pending a hearing.
The 11 are charged with conspiring to violate the federal Neutrality Act by overthrowing a country at peace with the United States, conspiring to kill and injure people in a foreign nation, conspiring to obtain firearms and destructive devices and conspiring to export items with a U.S. State Department license. Nine of the 11 are charged with conspiring to obtain missile systems designed to bring down aircraft.
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