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- ↑ "#079: 02-09-04 THREE DEFENDANTS IN 'PORTLAND CELL' CASE SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE TALIBAN". United States Department of Justice. February 9, 2004.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Herald World News: Terror suspects led quiet lives". November 1, 2004. Archived from the original on November 1, 2004.
- ↑ "#532: 09-26-03 OCTOBER MARTINIQUE LEWIS PLEADS GUILTY TO MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES IN 'PORTLAND CELL' CASE". www.justice.gov.
- ↑ FBI’S Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrests Four on Terrorism Charges, Two Others Who Were Indicted Are Now Fugitives, FBI Press Release, Portland Field Office, Google Cache, October 4, 2002.