111. The affidavit also tied McVeigh to Nichols and his brother, James Douglas Nichols, also considered a material witness in the case. 112. The Al-Hazmi had been held as a material witness since the terrorist attacks. 113. The criminal complaint allows federal authorities to continue holding the Nichols brothers, who previously had been in custody only as material witnesses. 114. The FBI also has arrested at least four material witnesses. 115. The FBI says Kopp is wanted as a material witness in the case. 116. The FBI issued a material witness warrant for him a month after the Slepian shooting. 117. The framers of the Constitution did not and could not have foreseen the problems which result when jurors or material witnesses are paid for information regarding a criminal case. 118. The judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, held that the material witness law cannot be used to hold people indefinitely in criminal investigations. 119. The hearing on his status as a material witness was postponed until Thursday. 120. The man is suspected of having information about plans for the attack and was arrested on a sealed material witness warrant obtained by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. |