Framing Analysis
A federal judge postponed the first U.S. trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, a former Libyan intelligence official charged with constructing the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988, killing 270 people. The postponement by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich followed the government's disclosure of newly discovered evidence to the defense, with jury selection originally set to begin this week in Washington, D.C., and a status hearing now scheduled for September 1. Defense attorney Laura Koenig, an assistant federal public defender, represents the defendant.