<p>The jurors could have a reasonable fear they would be in danger if global terror groups learned their names during the trial set for May in a Chicago federal court, according to a filing by prosecutors last week, Chicago Sun-Times reported.<br /><br />Prosecutors also said the foreign press - particularly Indian and Danish media - are expected to provide extensive coverage of the trial, raising the chance jurors' names would become public and expose them to intimidation and harassment.<br /><br />Rana and co-defendant Pakistani American David Coleman Headley have been charged with providing material support for the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai masterminded by Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. The attack killed at least 164 people.<br /><br />Headley, reportedly a former US Drug Enforcement Administration informant, allegedly travelled as a representative of Rana's Chicago-based immigration service to scout locations for the Mumbai attacks.<br /><br />The pair also was charged in the unsuccessful plot to attack employees of a newspaper in Denmark for publishing satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. The code name for that plot was the Mickey Mouse Project, prosecutors say.<br /><br />Headley, who pleaded guilty in March 2010 and is cooperating with authorities, awaits sentencing.</p>
<p>The jurors could have a reasonable fear they would be in danger if global terror groups learned their names during the trial set for May in a Chicago federal court, according to a filing by prosecutors last week, Chicago Sun-Times reported.<br /><br />Prosecutors also said the foreign press - particularly Indian and Danish media - are expected to provide extensive coverage of the trial, raising the chance jurors' names would become public and expose them to intimidation and harassment.<br /><br />Rana and co-defendant Pakistani American David Coleman Headley have been charged with providing material support for the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai masterminded by Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. The attack killed at least 164 people.<br /><br />Headley, reportedly a former US Drug Enforcement Administration informant, allegedly travelled as a representative of Rana's Chicago-based immigration service to scout locations for the Mumbai attacks.<br /><br />The pair also was charged in the unsuccessful plot to attack employees of a newspaper in Denmark for publishing satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. The code name for that plot was the Mickey Mouse Project, prosecutors say.<br /><br />Headley, who pleaded guilty in March 2010 and is cooperating with authorities, awaits sentencing.</p>