- Hassan Abujihaad
Hassan Abu-Jihaad (born Paul R. Hall in 1976) is a former sailor in the
United States Navy convicted of supporting terrorism.A citizen of
Phoenix, Arizona [http://www.indeonline.com/index.php?ID=14955 Sailor jailed for supporting terrorism] The Independent] [http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8V7E3A00&show_article=1 Ex-Sailor Convicted in Terror Case] Associated Press] and a convert toIslam , Abujihaad has been convicted of disclosing the location of Navy ships and their weaknesses to someone suspected of financing terrorism in April 2001 while serving as a naval signalman on board the USS Benfold. This was a few months after theUSS Cole bombing which killed seventeen crew members.Police arrested him in March 2007. He pled not guilty on
4 April , 2007. On5 March , 2008 Abujihaad was convicted by a jury. Federal prosecutors said the 32-year-old sympathized with the enemy and admitted disclosing military intelligence.ee also
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USS Benfold (DDG-65) References
External links
* [http://www.fbi.gov/page2/march08/secrets_031008.html FBI Abu-Jihaad Conviction]
FBI March 10 2008
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