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Former Navy sailor convicted in marriage fraud scheme

| From reuters.com
PORTSMOUTH , Va ( Reuters ) - A former Navy sailor was found guilty in federal court of arranging sham marriages between illegal immigrants and fellow sailors aboard a Virginia-ported amphibious assault ship. Jermar Jones , 26, of Hampton, Virginia , was convicted on Monday in Norfolk of 11 charges stemming from the marriage fraud conspiracy conducted from about December 2006 until immigration officials intervened in early 2008. During the four-day trial, jurors heard testimony that Jones had...Read Full Story

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

By jcscuba on | 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...Read Full Story

Ex-sailor sentenced to 10 years in terror case

| From 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...Read Full Story

Ex-US sailor gets 10 years for spying

| From 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...Read Full Story

Wiretaps and Brits help find Al Qaeda spy in U.S. Navy

By rswier on | From fromtheduke.blogspot.com
As a bevy of U.S. battleships steamed towards the Middle East in the spring of 2001 on a mission to patrol the Persian Gulf, a sailor aboard one of those vessels was pursuing an entirely different mission. His name was Hassan Abu-Jihaad , and he was serving as a signalman aboard the USS Benfold . Little did anyone know at the time, he was also a homegrown radical who was secretly in touch with al Qaeda financiers, sharing classified details about the vulnerabilities and movements of the...Read Full Story
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