THE three men in hand and leg cuffs are seated. They wear bright blue prisoner uniforms with dark pants. In a Detroit courtroom, in the United States, panels separate the three on trial: Hadianto Djoko Djuliarso, Ignatius Ferdinandus Soeharli, and Ibrahim Amran.

On Thursday afternoon two weeks ago, Hadianto and Ignatiusboth Indonesian citizensand Ibrahim, a Singaporean, were in Judge Leslie Kobayashis courtroom. Together with David Beecroft, a Bri