Congratulations to James Jacks, the Dallas-based federal prosecutor who helped lead the successful prosecution of officials at the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) for illegally supporting Hamas.

The Dallas Morning News reports that Jacks was named prosecutor of the year by the North Texas Crime Commission and that he's been appointed as acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Jason Trahan's report quotes Crime Commission president Neil Devroy explaining that Jacks was honored because "The guilty verdicts were judged to have impact far beyond North Texas because they are important milestones in America's efforts against financiers of terrorism."

Before a U.S. Treasury Department designation shut down the charity in December 2001, HLF routed more than $12 million to the terrorist group.