Hassan Abu-Jihaad

Hassan Abu-Jihaad is a 32 year old man who provided material support to terrorists and disclosed classified national defense information. He was a sailor in the US Military.

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Jihadist in US Navy gets 10 years for leaking details about ship movements and how best to attack them

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From: stopsocialism.wordpress.com

April 3, 2009 Jihad Watch “Not with America but with the American enemies” Ten years for treason — and then the judge said he hoped the sentence would be a deterrent! Hassan Abu-Jihaad Update: “Ex-sailor sentenced to 10 years in terror case,” by John Christoffersen for AP , April 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements and the best ways to attack them was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Mark Kravitz said Hassan Abu-Jihaad, of Phoenix, betrayed his country and ... Read Full Story

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Ex-sailor sentenced to 10 years in terror case

From: www.ap.org

A former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements and the best ways to attack them was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Mark Kravitz said Hassan Abu-Jihaad, of Phoenix, betrayed his country and endangered his fellow sailors. "I cannot really overstate the seriousness of this crime," Kravitz said. The leak "does constitute a fundamental betrayal of your country and of your oath. You endangered your colleagues, you endangered your vessel and other vessels and other sailors, and you endangered your country." Abu-Jihaad was convicted last year of disclosing classified national defense information. Prosecutors labeled him ... Read Full Story

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Ex-US sailor gets 10 years for spying

From: www.afp.com

A former US sailor was sentenced to 10 years in jail Friday for disclosing secret information about a US Navy battle group's movements months after the 2000 attack on USS Cole. Hassan Abu-Jihaad "provided classified information to others with the understanding that it could be used to endanger the lives of hundreds of members of the United States Navy," acting US Attorney for Connecticut Nora R. Dannehy said in a statement. On March 5, 2008, a Connecticut jury found Abu-Jihaad, 33, formerly known as Paul Hall when he was in the US Navy, guilty of one count of providing material support of terrorism, and ... Read Full Story

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UK terror suspect wins payout for police beating

From: www.ap.org

A British terror suspect fighting extradition to the United States was awarded thousands of pounds (dollars) in compensation Wednesday for being assaulted by police during his 2003 arrest. Computer specialist Babar Ahmad, 34, will receive 60,000 pounds (more than $80,000) in damages after lawyers for Scotland Yard acknowledged that he was subject to gratuitous violence and religious abuse by officers who burst into his southwest London home in a dawn raid on Dec. 2, 2003. The police admitted that officers repeatedly attacked Ahmad even though he offered no resistance, putting him in a neckhold, wrenching him around by his handcuffs and pulling his testicles. ... Read Full Story

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Ex-sailor's terrorism-support conviction tossed

From: www.ap.org

A federal judge has thrown out a former Navy sailor's conviction on providing support to terrorists. But upheld Wednesday was Hassan Abu Jihaad's (hah-SAHN' AH'-boo zhee-HAHD) conviction for disclosing classified information. Prosecutors say they are reviewing the ruling. Abu-Jihaad's conviction was hailed last year by top national security officials and federal investigators as a model of cooperation among government agencies. Abu-Jihaad was a signalman aboard the USS Benfold. He was accused of passing along information a drawing of the formation the group would use to pass through the dangerous Strait of Hormuz (hor-MOOZ') in the Persian Gulf in 2001. The ship was not attacked. ... Read Full Story

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