U.S. Accuses British Man of Terrorist Conspiracy (Had plans of classified Naval group movements )

The Los Angeles Times ^ | August 7, 2004 | John Hendren, Times Staff Writer

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

WASHINGTON — A terrorism suspect arrested in Britain this week was in Internet contact with a U.S. Navy reservist and had detailed information about the sailor's San Diego-based battleship carrier group, including its classified travel plans and its vulnerability to attack, British and American prosecutors said Friday.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Further note from the article:

Babar Ahmad, a 30-year-old college employee arrested by British authorities Thursday, was described as a cousin of suspected Al Qaeda member Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan — whose recent arrest in Pakistan triggered a spate of terrorism alerts last weekend in New York, New Jersey and Washington.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[A. Morgan]

This is very series!

[billphx]

holy shiat! My daughter was on that ship at the same time this was going on!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Looks like they were thinking about doing a repeat of the Cole incident.

[hershey]

Loose lips do indeed sink ships.

[gitmo]

I hope they determine who supplied all this information. This is far too much detail to be simply 'loose lips'.

[nuconvert]

Wonder if this navy reservist is in Gitmo now?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The article has several paragraphs on this, says he has not been charged but the investigation continues.... investigators have not yet tied him directly to the e-mail exchanges with a jihadist Internet site called Azzam publications, which investigators say was operated by Ahmad ....

[KC_for_Freedom]

fox news reported that he is no longer in the Navy, hence an FBI investigation is ongoing.