[John Jorsett]

Note that the story avoids asking why a US sailor would be assisting terrorists, with the obvious reason being that the sailor is Muslim ("keep up the dahwa").

[martin_fierro]

The sailor, who left the Navy several years ago after a four-year enlistment, has been identified, but military and law enforcement officials would not comment on whether he has been located, detained, questioned or charged.

Ah, there's a story there I bet.

[LiberalBassTurds]

Time for our first sacrificial lamb...or sand rat, as the case may be. Treason charges and public hanging are in order if he's guilty.

What I can't understand is how he was able to send this stuff without some security process auditing it. In Arabic maybe?

LBT

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[CatoRenasci]

Treason in time of war. Hang him from a yardarm.

[eno_]

"During the Cold War, they were set up to sniff out Communists, but I don't know if they've come up with a program to address (terrorists)," said John Pike, director of the think tank GlobelSecurity.org. "There have been enough of these instances where service members have tried to help the (Islamic) jihad that you wonder how many that we haven't caught."

Even John Pike's broken clock shows the correct time at this moment.

[piasa]

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[Babar] Ahmad, a 30-year-old computer specialist, was arrested under a federal warrant that was unsealed yesterday. He is accused of trying to raise funds to support terrorists, and U.S. officials are seeking his extradition. The arrest affidavit, written by a Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn., alleged that Ahmad operated several Web sites that solicited money and aid for Taliban and Chechen Islamists.

2004 : (INVESTIGATORS PORING OVER MOHAMMED NAEEM NOOR KHAN'S COUSIN BABAR AHMAD'S COMPUTER FILES FIND AN EMAIL THEY TRACE TO CT NUCLEAR ENGINEER SYED R. MASWOOD; IN IT, MASWOOD WAS APPARENTLY SEEKING HELP IN GETTING MONEY TO ISLAMIC FIGHTERS IN CHECHNYA; INVESTIGATORS ALSO DISCOVER MASWOOD HAD DONATED MORE THAN 10,000 TO THE ILLINOIS TERROR CHARITY BENEVOLENCE INTERNATIONAL [BIF]-- See CONNECTICUT CELL) While dissecting [Babar] Ahmad's computer files, investigators say they discovered an e-mail seeking help getting money to Islamic rebels in Chechnya. They traced that e-mail to [CONNECTICUT NUCLEAR ENGINEER SYED R.] Maswood. The married father of three said he never offered to aid Chechen rebel leaders but said he may have asked how he could help the humanitarian effort in the area. U.S. ...[ICE] agents also discovered that Maswood donated more than $10,000 to the Benevolence International Foundation, an Illinois-based charity accused of supporting terrorism. But Maswood said the charity is one of many he has supported for humanitarian purposes, including Christian relief efforts. --- "Feds Investigating Conn. Nuclear Engineer In Terror Case," AP via WNBC.com, POSTED: 1:13 pm EDT August 11, 2004 UPDATED: 1:17 pm EDT August 11, 2004 , http://www.wnbc.com/news/3643309/detail.html

MARCH 17, 2004 : (CROMWELL, CT : NUCLEAR ENGINEER SYED R MASWOOD'S HOME IS RAIDED--- See CONNECTICUT CELL, BIF, BABAR AHMAD {Cousin of MOHAMMED NAEEM NOOR KHAN, FINSBURYPARKCELL}) Federal agents raided Maswood's home March 17, seizing computer equipment and financial records... Investigators discovered his e-mail address among files used to maintain a Web site that funneled money and equipment to terrorists, according to the affidavit, which was unsealed Friday in New Haven as part of an international terrorism probe. From his home, Maswood runs North American Technical Services, which exports nuclear detection instruments, water treatment devices and environmental equipment to Middle East and Asian governments. --- "Feds Investigating Conn. Nuclear Engineer In Terror Case," AP via WNBC.com, POSTED: 1:13 pm EDT August 11, 2004 UPDATED: 1:17 pm EDT August 11, 2004 , http://www.wnbc.com/news/3643309/detail.html

[piasa]

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