Despite a jury verdict convicting three nonprofit executives of a series of crimes involving false filings with the IRS and false statements to other governmental agents, the federal District Court in Massachusetts has acquitted the defendants on certain charges involving improper reports or statements. ( U.S. v. Mubayyid , Crim. No. 05-40026, 7/24/08 .) ( See Nonprofit Issues ®, 1/1/08 .) Early In its opinion the Court recognized that “the struggle against religious and political extremism in general, and terrorism in particular, is likely to be the principal challenge facing this nation, and the rest of the world, for many years to come.” But the role of the Court, it said, “is...