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March 07, 2007

Ex-Sailor Charged With Spying For Al Qaeda

March 7, 2007 â€” A former U.S. Navy sailor has been charged with allegedly passing military secrets about U.S. Navy movements through waters in the Middle East to al Qaeda-related Web sites during the spring of 2001, just months after the USS Cole was attacked in Yemen.
Hassan Abujihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, allegedly passed information about U.S. Navy warship movements in the Straits of Hormuz in April 2001 while he was a member of the Navy. The information passed along contained details about vulnerabilites of U.S. vessels â€” including susceptibility to small boat attacks by terrorists.

Abujihaad has been charged, not convicted, and I won't pull a Murtha and claim he's guilty without due process. I will say that the spooks had better step up to the plate. If they have the resources to periodically question the employees of defense contractors working with classified material (and they did in the nineties when I was working in that industry) then they should be paying attention to major life changes among serving members of the armed forces with access to important classified tactical information. A sudden name change might be a clue.

Also interesting in this story, especially in light of Dr. Shackleford's recent emphasis on electronic jihad, is this:

Abujihaad's arrest arises out of the investigation of Babar Ahmad, who is suspected of developing radical Islamic Web sites popular with members of al Qaeda and other mujahedeen. Ahmad was indicted in the United States in 2004 for allegedly providing material support to Chechen terrorist groups and the Taliban.

ABC notes further that Ahmad was said to have received information from a sailor, apparently using al Qaeda recruitment web servers based in Connecticutt.

Posted by: Bluto at 11:00 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 It's important to give the sailor a fair trial. I remember a similar case from Desert Storm. Some Muslim sailors were accused of sabotaging the USS Ranger, IIRC, but charges were later dropped.

Posted by: The Sanity Inspector at March 08, 2007 12:17 AM (XMLMY)

2 Later dropped due to lack of evidence. Muslims should not be in our military or be allowed to hold government office. No one in our military can be comfortable with a muslim next to him. OUTLAW ISLAM.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 08, 2007 07:32 AM (wTIrf)

3 Just because O. J. Simpson was found not quilty does'nt mean he was.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 08, 2007 07:55 AM (wTIrf)

4 Yeah, that trial along with bill clinton committng perjury just about destroyed our jury system. I keep hoping someone will make the top of oj's head pop off while he's out playing golf. Some folks just need killin.

Posted by: wb at March 09, 2007 08:31 PM (kkUy5)

5 The Sanity Inspector,
yes give him a fair trial, just make sure the charges against him are TREASON and that political correctness plays no role in the proceedings. That way should he be convicted of treason there will be on one who can object to him receiving the Rosenberg treatment, ride the lightning baby...ride the lightning...

http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834

Posted by: doriangrey at March 10, 2007 01:43 PM (SvEjS)

6 MAKE HIM WALK THE PLANK

Posted by: sandpiper at March 11, 2007 12:09 AM (jAP6C)

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