Hawash Agrees To Plea Bargain (Portland 7)

PORTLAND - Maher "Mike" Hawash, one of the so-called "Portland Seven" charged with terrorism related crimes, pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to provide services to the Taliban, but will not face other charges in exchange for testimony against other suspects. Hawash, a 39-year old software engineer who worked for Intel, had initially pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy to wage war against the United States, conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaida and conspiracy to contribute services to al-Qaida and the Taliban.

In exchange for testimony, federal prosecutors agreed to drop charges of conspiring to levy war against the U.S. and conspiring to provide material support for terrorism. Hawash pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide services to the Taliban.

He will serve a minimum of seven years in federal prison under the deal, which was approved by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Hawash agreed to testify in federal court, before grand juries and before any potential military tribunals.

Federal agents grabbed Hawash, 38, from a parking lot outside his work at Intel Corp. in February and simultaneously searched his home. He was held as a material witness, but federal officials would not confirm publicly they held him until charges were filed five weeks later, in what supporters called an abuse of civil rights.

In a 41-page affidavit released in April, the U.S. Attorney's Office accused Hawash, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of growing angry with the United States after the Sept. 11 attacks, then conspiring with at least five other Muslim men to join the fight in Afghanistan against U.S. troops.

If you live in or near the Portland area you may remember the usual suspects turning out defending this POS, proselytizing and flopping all over the sidewalks, wailing and chanting, as is their way. All the time claiming that good old Mike was innocent of any wrong doing. They claimed that the police agencies were racists, and that it was all because he was a member of the religion of peace, and he was truly a good man. The media was careful to show only the pictures of a clean shaven well dressed young man, it was only after the charges began to stick did they then break out the other photos they had of him showing a bearded, robed religious (and as it turns out a murdering hopeful) fanatic. What a truckload of crap that all turned out to be! This walking turd was a wolf in hiding just waiting to strike or at least to be a small part in a strike thereby assuring his pace at the foot of hells banquet table. The radio just reported that NONE of his supporters showed up in court when he plead guilty, not even his wife! There is a tight family for you. When I saw all this starting on the news I was praying that the FBI, or someone was privately taking pictures of them, maybe they are all afraid that we are finally on to them. We can only hope!
Good riddance to the garbage in our midst, we should deport the loser to Iran or Iraq where he can really be a part of the action (/sarcasm)

It appears Mr. Hawash is also the co-author of DirectX, RDX, RSX and MMX Technology: A Jumpstart Guide to High Performance APIs http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201309440/026-9955935-4572439

He had a good life in America the past twenty years. He received a good education, was married to an american, and had an excellent job. Too bad he conspired to stab us in the back by conspiring to kill our boys overseas.

So much for gratitude.

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