Acquitted Palestinian Activist to Be Deported

Federal authorities have decided to deport a former Florida professor and longtime Palestinian rights activist after failing to convict him on charges that he helped finance terrorist attacks abroad.

Sami Al-Arian reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser charge and be deported, two lawyers familiar with the case said. It was not clear where Al-Arian would be sent. He has remained in jail since a jury in Tampa, Fla., acquitted him in December of eight of the 17 federal charges against him and deadlocked on the rest.