Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn Adam Yahiye Gadahn (Arabic: آدÙ
ÙØÙ٠غدÙ, born Adam Pearlman, September 1, 1978) is an American-born English-language spokesman for the al-Qaeda organization. From 2004 to 2006 he appeared in a number of videos produced by the organization as "Azzam the American" ('AzzÃÂm al-AmrÄ«ki, عزاÙ
اÙØ£Ù
رÙÙÙ). In 2004, he was added to the FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list.[1] On October 11, 2006 he was removed from that list, and placed on the Bureau of Diplomatic Security Rewards for Justice list of wanted terrorists.[2] On the same day, Gadahn was indicted in the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California by a federal grand jury for treason. He is the first American charged with treason since 1952.[3]