The Washington Post outlines the factual defense of the six men from the Buffalo area charged with providing material support to Al Qaeda:

"Bin Laden allegedly visited the camp during their training and delivered a speech lacerating the United States and Israel. Several of the defendants cut short their visit to the camp after bin Laden's speech."

"And that, in essence, forms the defendants' defense. Relatives and their attorneys say that religious leaders duped the men into coming to Pakistan, and then funneled them into the al Qaeda camps."

"The defendants' friends and families have noted that the men left the camps before they completed the training, and that the men returned to the United States in June 2001, months ahead of schedule."

This is a good reminder of why we shouldn't make our minds up before hearing from both sides.