Secret U.S. anti-terrorism records were mistakenly handed over to defense lawyers in a terror-funding prosecution in Dallas, newly unsealed court records show.
KTVT-TV in Dallas first reported the blunder Tuesday, in which 16 boxes of classified information were delivered to a secure room in the federal courthouse that served as an office where defense lawyers for a now-defunct Islamic charity were able to review the government's evidence.
The assets of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development were frozen three months after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and members of its staff were charged with funding Hamas militants.
The boxed materials included electronic discs, as well as about 80 volumes of translated summaries of conversations, the Los Angeles Times reported.
In short, it is clear from the condition of the documents and manner of production that the government took no steps to track and record the documents produced and did not perform any quality control, said Dallas Assistant U.S. Attorney James Jacks
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