Posted on 01/09/2004 12:48:30 PM PST by knak
Saudi Grad Student at U. of Idaho Charged With Supplying Computer Expertise to Terrorist Groups
The Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho Jan. 9 — A Saudi graduate student at the University of Idaho was indicted Friday on charges he supplied his computer expertise to terrorist groups. Prosecutors said Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, 33, put together Web sites to recruit members and raise money for Muslim terrorist activities. He was charged with providing material support to terrorism.
The indictment came less than two weeks before Al-Hussayen was set to go on trial on visa fraud charges brought against him last February. He has been in jail since then.
U.S. Attorney Tom Moss said Al-Hussayen, a graduate student in computer science, knew his computer services and expertise on behalf of two Islamic organizations would be used "to recruit and to raise funds for violent holy war, or jihad, in Israel, Chechnya and elsewhere, which have involved destruction of property, kidnaping, maiming and murder."
"Sami is not guilty of committing these offenses," defense attorney David Nevin said. "I don't see anything that wasn't available to them long ago. I think they have stalled this off to avoid going ahead with their trial."
-Portland, Oregon- hub of terror? Some Surprising Connections--
The incident which started it seemed to be a false alarm, but there are many terror connections in the area, anyway. It's not reassuring.
My last statement was inappropriate...
Saw his head off.
I do remember that.
No, it is not reassuring.
It makes ones wonder how much we don't know.
Just a little-known fun fact? In the early nineteen-eighties an associate of mine co-authored a paper, widely circulated in DC, that asked ( among other things ) "why would terrorists bother building a bomb when there are all those fuel-laden jets sitting on aprons across the country?"
Well now, if that paper was widely circulated; let's hope the pentagon guys have addressed that question. It would be great if DHS has though about it, too. (I hope this is not wishful thinking.)
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