Government officials said that among those whose lawyer-client communications had been monitored was Omar Abdul Rahman, the blind sheik convicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

That is what happened to Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheik accused of a conspiracy to bomb parts of New York City.

No detail goes unmentioned and uncued: every reference to the blind sheik, Omar Abdel Rahman, for example, brings up images from the same news conference.

But if the court refuses the appeal, Federal authorities will likely begin extradition hearings for the blind sheik.

But inside Al Qaeda, the blind sheik has sometimes been a contentious figure.

Younes lives in a village in Galilee with his furious mother and his father, a blind sheik.

The preceding events, the ongoing events, the rhetoric of the blind sheik, the bombing of the barracks - all of these things form your opinions.

The blind 55-year-old sheik has a fervent following in the mosques where he has preached in Brooklyn and Jersey City, but he has denied any involvement in terrorism.

There is the blind, Arabic-speaking sheik, intent on representing himself.

Briefer - Yes, Mr. President, there are reports of a hijacking plot to ransom the blind sheik.