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US former sailor accused of spying for terrorists
 A former US sailor was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of sending classified information on the movement of US warships in the Middle East and how they could be attacked to suspected terrorists.
| A treason charge should be included in the indictment. |
The US attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kevin O'Connor, announced the two-count indictment against Hassan Abujihaad, 31 -- formerly known as Paul Hall -- of Phoenix, Arizona. Abujihaad, who was arrested on March 7 in Phoenix, is set to face a judge on Friday. If found guilty, he faces up to 25 years in prison.
According to the indictment, Abujihaad was in contact throughout 2001 with British nationals based in London that operated websites supporting people engaged in acts of terrorism. Abujihaad allegedly sent via e-mail in the spring of 2001 information on the movement of US Navy ships deploying for operations against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. At the time he was serving as an enlisted man aboard one of the ships.
| Hang him, cut him down, and then hang him again. |
Abujihaad left the navy in January 2002, but the information that he sent as well as his military e-mail address was discovered when British authorities in 2003 confiscated computers belonging to British nationals that operated the websites.
Federal prosecutors in Connecticut are involved because the computer server handling the Internet traffic is located that state.
Posted by: Steve White 2007-03-22 |
