- It's been nearly a month since Chicago police raided a Bridgeport home and arrested several people on charges that they were plotting an attack on the NATO summit.
In this Intelligence Report: That case is going to be the first legal test of Illinois' state terrorism law.
Even though state government has preached preparedness, since 9/11, counterterrorism law enforcement and especially prosecution has been at the federal level. Tuesday that will change in Illinois. Three men arrested just before the NATO summit are expected to be indicted on terrorism charges by a Cook County grand jury.
Come for a visit, stay for the next 25 years (if Anita can get a conviction.)