Comment by ButlerianJihad

> Huebner downplayed the seriousness of the charges and said the defendants are all Israelis studying to be rabbis ... Two of the men have dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship and none are married.

> The 13 people, all young men, pleaded not guilty in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn ... Another four defendants were absent because they were in Israel, according to their lawyer, Levi Huebner.

> Justice Adam Perlmutter ordered the defendants ... to turn over their passports.