Last year, a federal jury in Texas deadlocked on all charges against the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) and most of the charges against five of its leaders. HLF was designated as a supporter of terrorism in 2001, shut down and had its assets frozen. And now, the retrial is reportedly moving along. The Dallas Morning News reports that this is expected to be the final week of the prosecution's case before the defense begins. "To get convictions, prosecutors need to convince jurors that Holy Land sent millions of dollars to Palestinian charity groups, known as zakat committees, knowing that they were controlled by Hamas after the U.S. designated it as a terrorist group in 1995." However, such charitable committees are not designated by the U.S. government. The article states that Georgetown University professor and terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman, "told jurors that 'almost without exception,' successful terrorist groups throughout history have relied on charitable front groups to raise money and build good will among those they seek to control." This only continues the tenuous, at least to the public, assertion coming from the Treasury Department, that charities are a significant source of terrorist financing.