Jul 23rd, 2008 · With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China — and its treatment of Tibet. The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Lodi Gyari discusses the protests, the Olympics, and the best way for Tibet to push for autonomy.
Aug 29th, 2006 · Two U.S. citizens have been barred from entering the United States for refusing to talk to the FBI. Both are California men of Pakistani descent who are related to a father and son recently convicted on a terrorism-related case in Lodi, Calif. Muhammed Ismail and his son, Jaber, are now on the no-fly list.
May 2nd, 2006 · A juror who voted to convict an accused terrorist now says she regrets voting to convict the man in Lodi, Calif. Madeleine Brand talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about how uncommon it would be for a judge to throw out a conviction based on a juror's regrets.
Apr 25th, 2006 · A federal jury in Sacramento Calif., finds Hamid Hayat guilty of supporting terrorism by attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan three years ago. Hayat, of Lodi, Calif., faces up to 39 years in prison. Robert talks with Tamara Keith of member station KPCC.
Apr 24th, 2006 · A father and son facing terrorism-related charges in the small California mountain town of Lodi await a verdict in their long trial. Umer and Hamid Hayat are part of a large Muslim community in that town, and some Lodi residents worry that the FBI was too eager to convict them.
Mar 22nd, 2006 · Two men from the Northern California mountain town of Lodi are on trial for terrorism-related charges -- but the government's key witness is now having a credibility problem. Naseem Kahn testified he saw three top al-Qaida figures in Lodi in the late 1990s, but now that claim is being met with skepticism. Madeleine Brand speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Rone Tempest, covering the trial in Sacramento.