11.   The case is highly unusual in the recent annals of American espionage, in that the defendants appear to have been motivated more by ideology than by money.

12.   The defendant appeared in the courtroom Monday wearing a long, gray knit dress that she wore several times during the three weeks of jury selection last month.

13.   The defendant appeared at the window of her second-floor holding cell and waved to her mother, husband and others.

14.   The courtroom was solemn and quiet when the verdict was announced, and the defendants appeared to be in shock, according to a courtroom observer.

15.   The four defendants appeared before a federal magistrate Wednesday to face the charges.

16.   The trial of two lower-ranking officers on charges of torture was postponed when a defendant did not appear.

17.   While about a dozen such cases have been brought since the statute was enacted, this is one of the few where the defendants have appeared in court.

18.   French Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld said he spent years compiling evidence for the Brunner case though he knew the defendant might not appear in court.

19.   In addition, the defendants appeared in a Swiss television documentary and discussed the value of the accounts, he said.

20.   Most trials are closed, and defendants usually appear before judges without legal counsel.