Hamzeh has notified me that the charges against Abu Odeh have been dropped.

A military prosecutor has dismissed the case brought against a former cabinet minister who was charged with slandering Jordan’s King Abdullah II and harming national unity. The official Petra news agency reported on Sunday that Adnan Abu-Odeh "will not be tried and the case against him is considered closed," quoting an unnamed attorney general at the military state security court.

Source: [Ajlazeera.net]

Finally, some commonsense. The whole thing was just outrageous!