Ex-Intel Corp. engineer charged with aiding Al Qaeda

EETimes ^ | 4/29/03 | Mark LaPedus

[browardchad]

PORTLAND — Federal prosecutors on Monday (April 28) charged a former Intel Corp. engineer with allegedly conspiring to aid Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a move to “levy war” against the United States, according to a report in the San Jose Mercury News on Tuesday (April 29).

The ex-Intel engineer, Maher “Mike” Hawash, was arrested in March and has been held by the U.S. government without charge as part of what the report called a “secret investigation.”

Hawash, 38, a U.S. citizen of Arab descent, worked for Intel from 1992 to 2001, when he was laid off. He was a contractor for Intel until March, when he was arrested in the company's parking lot.

In a complaint filed yesterday in Portland, federal prosecutors charged Hawash for allegedly contributing “material support and resources” to Al Qaeda and the Taliban and to “levy war” against the United States, according to the report.

Similar charges were also rendered against the so-called “Portland Six,” a reported terrorist cell in Portland. A trial has been set for members of that reported group.

The government's move to hold Hawash has ignited a fire storm, especially within Intel. Hawash's former boss at Intel, Steven McGeady, a retired vice president at the chip giant, has launch a Web site dedicated for his release.

[OldFriend]

Lock him up and throw away the key.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[b4its2late]

A US citizen......Tip of the iceberg? Unfortunately, probably so.

[Grampa Dave]

Another One Bites The Dust

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[RichardW]

A lengthy front page article on this same individual was in the WSJ today. Very strange case.

[OldFriend]

What's with the former Intel exec defending this traitorous dog.

[goodnesswins]

WHICH former Intel exec? (I used to work for Intel...am curious.)

[goodnesswins]

Do you mean McGeady?

[OldFriend]

Yes, McGeady, read the article at the top of the thread.

[StolarStorm]

H1-B? Why should foreign workers be loyal? They are foreign. A no brainer.

[Grampa Dave]

Who knows. I had heard about what a weird place the Intel site in Beaverton was for back in the early 1990s after the 1992 election.

[nicmarlo]

ping. (sorry if this is duplicated).

[Jay D. Dyson]

While I'm sure the FBI has ample and valid reason for incarcerating this man, let's not forget the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven, mmmkay?

-Jay

[cyphergirl]

Before everyone locks him up and throws away the key, we all need to get the full story.

He's been held as a "material witness" without being charged with anything for over a month. The feds won't charge him, and won't reveal what evidence they have against him. He's an American citizen. Has been for over 15 years. They arrested him at work, and then busted into his home and terrorized his wife and children JBT-style. And yet, they won't charge him.

His civil rights are being violated, and that's never a good thing. Maybe you could be next for posting here.

[mabelkitty]

Was he an H1-B?

[mabelkitty]

That's because they are tracing the evidence to snag the big fish.

[zerosix]

Yeah, and Arab FBI agents refuse to wear wires when interviewing suspected Muslims (no doubt just trying to protect their rights).

[skeeter]

A lengthy front page article on this same individual was in the WSJ today.

How'd the WSJ spin the story?

[zerosix]

Right, and those same computer companies worked so very hard securing those same H1-Bs so that they could avoid paying current going wages to American engineers.