Posted on 03/07/2007 5:38:23 PM PST by RDTF
WASHINGTON — A former Navy sailor was arrested on terrorism charges Wednesday for alleging mishandling classified information that ended up in the hands of a suspected terrorism financier.
Hassan Abujihaad, 31, of Phoenix, was arrested in a case that began in Connecticut and has stretched across the country and into Europe and the Middle East.
Abujihaad, who is also known as Paul R. Hall, is charged in the same case as Babar Ahmad, a British computer specialist accused of running Web sites to raise money for terrorism. He is schedule be extradited to the U.S. to face trial.
Abujihaad was arrested in Phoenix on charges of supporting terrorism with an intent to kill U.S. citizens and transmitting classified information to unauthorized people.
During the Ahmad investigation, investigators discovered computer files containing classified information about the positions of U.S. Navy ships and discussing their susceptibility to attack.
Abujihaad, a former enlisted man, exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an affidavit released Wednesday. He allegedly purchased videos promoting violent jihad.
The documents retrieved from Ahmad show drawings of Navy battle groups and discuss upcoming missions. They also say the battle group could be attacked using small weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades. The ships were never attacked.
Abujihaad had a secret security clearance that would have allowed him access to that material, according to the affidavit.
The investigation was run out of Connecticut because Ahmad allegedly used an Internet service provider there to host one of his fundraising Web sites.
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ping
Why don't muslims ever change their names to Larry Johnson?
Keelhaul him!
"Abujihaad"
This name didn't raise any eyebrows? Father of jihad?
I wonder why they took this off the front page news sidebar...
Another Nation of Islam convert I betcha.
Could be. The absence of a picture in the two versions of this story I have seen certainly suggests it.
Thanks RDTF for the ping.
I just finished updating here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797109/posts
Why would a good American boy like Hassan Abujihaad do such a thing? What could it be?
I've searched for a photo using both names --- no luck.
Did you catch the skit on this on the second pilot of the "1/2 Hour News Hour"? The "terrorism expert" and the news anchor kept rattling off a long list of names of muzzie terrorists in London, but they were unable to find any common thread linking them. It was hilarious.
I did. And I think that mocking political correctness is the best strategy.
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