"Just maybe he can convince one juror to hold out, " Kuby told CNN before the defense rested.

CNN: Sandusky doesn't testify; defense rests

"My client didn't tip him off, he was already tipped off, " Kuby said.

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But Kuby said Afzali was helping "absolutely frantic" federal agents find Zazi, who had attended his Queens mosque with his family as a teenager.

CNN: Source: Feds seek about a dozen people in terror investigation

Veteran criminal defense attorney Ron Kuby said Sandusky is facing a "tsunami of evidence against him, " and suggested that his taking the stand may be a way to help his case.

CNN: Sandusky doesn't testify; defense rests

Though sustained by the recurring onscreen presence of the journalist Wayne Barrett, its first hour of scattershot criticisms from such motivated rivals as David Dinkins and Ron Kuby plays like attack-ad overkill.

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Kuby said his client had been an occasional source for New York's Joint Terrorism Task Force when it looked into previous terror plots, and a detective who had sought out Afzali as a source in previous cases would testify on the imam's behalf Thursday.

CNN: Bail set for terrorism suspect in Colorado