Detroit 'Sleeper Cell' Prosecutor Faces Probe

Grand Jury Considering Indictment for Misconduct

By Peter Slevin

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 20, 2005; Page A03

DETROIT -- Once trumpeted as one of the Justice Department's significant triumphs against terrorism, the case targeting the so-called "Detroit sleeper cell" began less than a week after the attack on the World Trade Center. It was only after a jury convicted two men of supporting terrorism that the flimsiness of the government's case became clear.

As hidden evidence spilled out and the Justice Department abandoned the effort, federal investigators began to wonder whether the true conspiracy in the case was perpetrated by the prosecution.