• United States v. Holy Land Foundation (HLF) - Selected Government Exhibits

 

- Sajjad Nasser

- Patrick Nayyar and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland

- Ahmadullah Sais Niazi

- Bashir Noorzai

- Mahmoud Nusier et al.

- Mohammad Radwan Obeid

- Jose Padilla et al.

- Uzair Paracha

- Christopher Paul

- Dean Proffitt et al.

- Nada Nadim Prouty et al.

- Mohammad Salman Farooq Qureshi

- Tahawwur Hussain Rana and David Coleman Headley

- Saifullah Ranjha et al.

- Richard Reid

- Ahmed Ressam

- Michael Reynolds

- Raed Abdul-Rahman Alsaif

- Pete Seda & Soliman Hamd Al-Buthe

- Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban

- Tarik Shah & Rafiq Sabir

- Derrick Shareef

- Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

- Hamid Sheikh

- Najib Shemami

- Mohamed Ibrahim Shnewer et al.

- Mohamed Shorbagi

- Adnan El Shukrijumah

- Ruben Shumpert

- Aafia Siddiqui

- Shahawar Matin Siraj & James Elshafay

- Riad Skaff

- Hosam Maher Husein Smadi

- Nabil Soliman

- Ali Al-Timimi

- Zeinab Teleb-Jedi

- Ernest James Ujaama

- Ahmed Hassan Al-Uqaily

- Bryant Neal Vinas

- Laura Wang-Woodford & Brian Woodford

- Mohammed Warsame

- Li Fang Wei et al.

- David Williams et al.

- Kobie Williams et al.

- Ali Akbar Yahya et al.

- Fawaz Yunis

- Mohammad Ishaq Zafar & Mohammad Tariq Randhawa

- Najibullah Zazi et al.

- Oussama Abdul Ziade & Buford George Peterson

- In the Matter of Searches Involving 555 Grove Street, Herndon, VA & Related Locations

- Tunisian Cell in San Francisco

- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Probe in Chicago

• United States v. Sajjad Nasser (Attended Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp):

- ICE Press Release on Deportation (Added 4/9/08) In August 2004, Sajjad Nasser was deported to Pakistan. In December 2003, a Denver jury convicted Nasser, who participated in a training camp sponsored by Jaish-e-Mohammed, of possessing counterfeit immigration documents. He was sentenced to time served.

• United States v. Patrick Nayyar and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland (Hezbollah support):

- Indictment (Added 10/28/09) Federal prosecutors in New York indicted Patrick Nayyar and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland with attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah. Nayyar was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. According to the indictment, “During a series of meetings with a confidential informant working with the FBI, who represented himself as working for Hizballah, Nayyar and Mulholland agreed to sell guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof vests, and night vision goggles to the confidential informant. During these meetings, Nayyar and Mulholland provided the confidential informant with a handgun, a box of ammunition, and a pick-up truck, believing that the confidential informant would deliver the items to Hizballah in Lebanon.”

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 10/28/09) 

• United States v. Ahmadullah Sais Niazi (Lying about ties to AQ, HIG, Taliban):

- Indictment (Added 2/21/09) In February 2009, federal prosecutors in California indicted Tustin resident Ahmadullah Sais Niazi for lying on his naturalization and passport documentation about his ties to Al-Qaida, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, and/or the Taliban. Niazi's sister is married to Dr. Amin al-Haq, Usama bin Laden's former security coordinator who was named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S. government in 2001. Niazi visited al-Haq in Pakistan in 2005, but lied to U.S. authorities, insisting he went to Qatar. He was also in touch with al-Haq's sons.

- Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Thomas J. Ropel III - #1 (Added 2/22/09) According to this FBI affidavit, an initial raid on Niazi's residence occurred in June 2008 and agents "seized numerous documents...reflecting multiple cash transfers...to Pakistan and Afghanistan through the use of a hawala..." Most of the transactions were handled by H. Qadar Gudus, a Fremont, California hawaladar who was "convicted of money laundering in connection with the laundering of narcotics proceeds (heroin sales) through his hawala" and was sentenced to 27 months in jail.

- Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Thomas J. Ropel III - #2 (Added 2/22/09) This FBI affidavit provides biographical information on Niazi: “Niazi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on or about August 6, 1974. His Afghan Tazkara (official registration in Kabul, Afghanistan) identifies Niazi as Ahmadullah Khan Sais. Niazi lived in Peshawar, Pakistan, from approximately October 1991 to December 1995. He attended the Islamic University of Malaysia from approximately December 1995 through November 1998. On or about September 26, 1997, Niazi married Jamilah Amin in Selangor, Malaysia. Niazi entered the United States on or about January 16, 1998, on a B-2 visitor’s visa." The document also notes that "Niazi and his family were upset when" his sister "married Amin ul-Haq because of Amin ul-Haq's past activities."

• United States v. Bashir Noorzai (Afghan narcotics trafficker; Taliban links):

- Indictment (Added 4/10/08) In January 2005, a New York jury indicted Bashir Noorzai and charged him with violations of the federal narcotics laws. According to the indictment, Bashir Noorzai "led an international heroin-trafficking organization (the 'Noorzai Organization') responsible for manufacturing and transporting hundreds of kilograms of heroin in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Noorzai Organization then arranged for the heroin to be imported into the United States and other countries and sold for tens of millions of dollars."

- Superseding Indictment (Added 4/10/08) This Superseding Indictment added a count against Noorzai, charging him with participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.

- Affirmation of DEA Special Agent Patrick Hamlette (Added 4/10/08) This document explains the circumstances under which Noorzai was arrested in New York City and notes that Noorzai stated "that he came to the United States to speak to the U.S. Government about drugs and terrorism issues..." Noorzai and the federal agents discussed the location of various Taliban leaders.

- Government's Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Omnibus Motion (Added 4/10/08) This document explains that Noorzai "is the grandson of Haji Juma Khan Noorzai, the former Chief of the Noorzai Tribe, composed of more than a million people living throughout Southern and Western Afghanistan and the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan...In 1982, Noorzai led his own front – called the Front of Haji Bashar – in the war between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Front of Haji Bashar led by Noorzai ultimately grew to include 1,000 fighters. Beginning at the age of 20, Noorzai began handling all of the affairs of the Noorzai Tribe. In 1996, the Taliban occupied Kabul, and Noorzai agreed to disarm the Front of Haji Bashar and give the Front’s support to the Taliban. In 2000, after the death of his father, Noorzai became the Chief of the Noorzai Tribe and its more than one million members." According to open source reporting, Noorzai's trip to the U.S. "had been organized by employees of a shadowy and short-lived security company, Rosetta Research & Consulting LLC, that was seeking to help the federal government conduct investigative work in foreign countries. Contractors at the firm had courted Mr. Noorzai, believing at one point that the warlord had information to offer about Osama bin Laden..." Rosetta Research & Consulting LLC was reportedly formed by former Treasury Department employee Michael Patrick Jost. In this filing, prosecutors argued that "Noorzai’s motion to dismiss the indictment with prejudice must fail because even assuming, arguendo, that the DEA confidential sources...assured Noorzai that he would not be arrested when he traveled to the United States, the confidential sources were not legally authorized to grant such immunity or to make such promises, and these assurances do not bind the Government to dismiss the indictment."

- Opinion and Order (Added 4/10/08) Rejecting a motion to dismiss the charges, a judge ruled that "allegations of deceit and government misconduct, which do not implicate physical abuse of any kind, are insufficient to provide any basis for refusal to entertain this prosecution on due process grounds." What's more, "while the Government concedes that promises of non-arrest were made to Mr. Noorzai, such promises do not entitle Mr. Noorzai to dismissal of the Superseding Indictment."

- Government's Notice of Intent to Use Defendant's Statements during Proffer Sessions at Trial (Added 5/3/08) Federal prosecutors in New York have released statements made by Bashir Noorzai during proffer sessions in which he provided detailed information about the communication and movement patterns of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. Noorzai has been indicted for running an international heroin-trafficking organization (the 'Noorzai Organization') responsible for manufacturing and transporting hundreds of kilograms of heroin in Afghanistan and Pakistan; some of that heroin was then imported to the U.S.

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction (Added 9/25/08) A jury in New York federal court has convicted Bashir Noorzai of conspiring to import and distribute heroin in the United States. According to DOJ, Noorzai was "a former Mujahideen warlord and strong ally of the Taliban." DOJ explained, "In the mid-1990s, when the Taliban was ascending to power in Afghanistan, Noorzai used his influence in Kandahar to assist [Mullah Mohammad] Omar in securing the position of supreme leader of the Taliban. Noorzai then provided the Taliban with arms, including AK-47 assault rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers, and anti-tank weapons, as well as vehicles and a portion of the proceeds of his narcotics trafficking activities." Further, "In return for his financial and other support, the Taliban permitted Noorzai to continue his drug trafficking activities with impunity."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 4/30/09) In April 2009, Bashir Noorzai was sentenced to life in prison on heroin importation and distribution conspiracy charges. DOJ noted that, "In 2001, after the United States began military operations in Afghanistan, Noorzai, at [Mullah Mohammad] Omar's request, provided the Taliban with 400 of his own fighters to wage a battle against Afghanistan's Northern Alliance in Mazar-e-Sharif. In return for his financial and other support, the Taliban permitted Noorzai to continue his drug trafficking activities with impunity."

• United States v. Mahmoud Nusier et al. (Terror-linked phone hacking conspiracy):

- Indictment (Added 6/15/09) Federal prosecutors in New Jersey charged Mahmoud Nusier, Paul Michael Kwan, and Nancy Gomez, all currently residing in the Philippines, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and unauthorized access to computer systems, as well as other counts. According to DOJ, the three “allegedly hacked into the telephone systems of large corporations and entities in the United States and abroad and sold information about the compromised telephone systems to Pakistani nationals residing in Italy… In conjunction with the unsealing of the Indictment, Italian law enforcement conducted searches of approximately 10 locations in four regions of Italy and arrested the financiers of the hacking activity. Those financiers allegedly used the information to transmit over 12 million minutes of telephone calls valued at more than $55 million over the hacked networks of victim corporations in the United States alone.” According to Philippine authorities, Nusier has ties to Al-Qaida.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 6/15/09)

• United States v. Mohammad Radwan Obeid (False statements to FBI; jihadist activity online):

- Indictment (Added 7/28/08) In October 2005, Obeid was indicted in Ohio for making a false statement to the FBI.

- Plea Agreement (Added 7/28/08) Obeid pled guilty to making a false statement to the FBI.

- Government Sentencing Memorandum (Added 7/28/08) According to this document, "The defendant Mohammad Radwan Obeid's outrageously brazen and alarming internet messages drew the attention of both a Troy, Ohio public librarian and an off-duty Norfolk, Virginia police officer. Both Ms. Girolamo and Officer Vazquez were sufficiently shocked by defendant’s actions that each independently contacted the FBI with their concerns. As a result, the Dayton, Ohio Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) instituted an investigation that ultimately led to defendant’s arrest, indictment and conviction. As an out-of-status Jordanian national, United States immigration officials have ordered the defendant’s deportation." Further, "the defendant is a 34 year old college graduate. He has pled guilty to knowingly, willfully and repeatedly providing materially false statements to FBI agents who were conducting an official investigation into his possible providing of material support to terrorists. The evidence confirmed that the defendant held himself out as 'Agent 13' of the so-called Non- Central Intelligence Agency. He aggressively attempted to recruit various individuals via the internet into his radical Islamic causes and enterprise. The subjects of his recruiting efforts spanned the U. S., the Phillippines, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq. The Government further presented alarming evidence connecting the defendant to: the www.alm2sda.net ('The Jihad Den') terrorist website; web sites describing how to smuggle Mujahideen inside the U.S., and how to construct H-Bombs; encrypting e-mail messages, constructing ultra secure 16-digit computer passwords; a domestic terrorist plan described as 'Operation Oklahoma II'; radical groups and philosophies such as Wahabism, Al Qaida, Islamic Salafi Brothers; sleeper cells; shaving off beards; trafficking in weapons from Mexico; aiding Muslim brothers in Iraq and Chechnya; deceiving the FBI; and smuggling handguns undetected on to aircraft."

- Judgment (Added 7/28/08) Obeid was sentenced to 12 months in prison.

• United States v. Jose Padilla et al. (South Florida jihad network):

- Indictment (Hassoun) In a document filed in a Miami court in January 2004, Palestinian national Adham Amin Hassoun was indicted for being an alien in possession of a firearm.

- Superseding Indictment (Hassoun) In March 2004, Hassoun was also charged with making a false statement to a federal agent, for failing to admit he "encouraged [Mohamed] Youssef to travel to Somalia and Ethiopia, and provided funds for Youssef to travel to Kosovo for the purpose of fighting in a jihad..." Hassoun also lied to to an Immigration judge about his involvement with Youssef.

- DOJ Press Release on Superseding Indictment (Hassoun/Youssef/Jayyousi) In September 2004, Mohamed Youssef and Kifah Jayyousi were indicted for providing material support to terrorist activities overseas. Youssef is serving a prison sentence in Egypt for other terrorist activities. The indictment also added eight additional counts against Hassoun, including unlawful possession of a firearm and obstruction of immigration court proceedings. DOJ notes that "Hassoun engaged in recruiting and fundraising to send individuals, including Youssef and an unnamed, unindicted co-conspirator, to overseas conflicts for the purposes of fighting jihad and supporting a terrorist agenda. The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to and did provide material support to terrorists for violent jihad in specific locations outside the United States - all for the purpose of opposing existing governments and civilian factions and establishing states under strict Islamic law, or Sharia. As part of the conspiracy, Hassoun allegedly wrote a series of checks over several years - from 1994 to late 2001 - to unindicted co-conspirators and organizations including the Holy Land Foundation [HLF] and the Global Relief Foundation [GRF], to be used to support violent jihad." Both HLF and GRF have been named Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

- Fourth Superseding Indictment (Hassoun/Youssef/Jayyousi) In April 2005, Hassoun, Mohamed Youssef, and Kifah Jayyousi were indicted for operating and participating "in a recruiting and fundraising network to send money, physical assets, and individuals to overseas conflicts for the purposes of fighting violent jihad and supporting a terrorist agenda."

- White House: Enemy Combatant Designation (Padilla) On June 9, 2002, President Bush named Jose Padilla, arrested at Chicago's O'Hare airport, an enemy combatant, asserting that he "is closely associated with al Qaeda."

- Department of Defense Summary of Padilla's Activities According to this document, Padilla trained with Al-Qaida in Afghanistan, met with senior Al-Qaida leaders (including Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Mohammed Atef), and discussed multiple plans for attacks in the U.S. (including detonating a "dirty bomb" and bombing apartment buildings.)

- Declaration of Michael H. Mobbs: Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Mobbs notes that Padilla's "dirty bomb" plan "allegedly was still in the initial planning stages, and there was no specific time set for the operation to occur."

- Declaration of Jeffrey N. Rapp: Director, Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism Rapp states that Padilla was arrested for murder in 1985; he was also arrested at other times for cannabis possession, weapons charges, and assault. He converted to Islam while in prison in Florida in 1995. While training to blow up apartment buildings in the U.S., Padilla worked closely with Adnan El Shukrjumah (a.k.a. Jaffar al-Tayyar), whom he "recognized...as someone he had met in the United States before departing for Egypt." However, the two did not get along and "the mission was apparently abandoned."

- Declaration of Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby (USN): Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Jacoby argues that "any potential sign of counsel involvement would disrupt our ability to gather intelligence from Padilla."

- White House: Transfer from DOD to DOJ (Padilla) On November 20, 2005, Padilla was transferred to DOJ custody.

- Superseding Indictment (Hassoun/Youssef/Jayyousi/Padilla/Daher) In November 2005, Padilla and Canadian Kassem Daher, believed to be overseas, were named in a superseding indictment charging them -- along with Hassoun, Youssef, and Jayyousi -- with "conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals overseas, and providing material support to terrorists as part of a North American terrorist support cell."

- DOJ Press Release on Superseding Indictment (Hassoun/Youssef/Jayyousi/Padilla/Daher)

- Padilla's Application for an Al-Qa'ida Training Camp According to DOJ, "on July 24, 2000, Padilla allegedly filled out a 'Mujahideen Data Form' in preparation for violent jihad training in Afghanistan."

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction In August 2007, Padilla, Hassoun, and Jayyousi were convicted of conspiring to murder individuals overseas and providing material support to terrorists.

- Order Denying Defendants' Motions for New Trial In November 2007, a federal judge rejected a number of defense motions seeking a new trial.

- Order Denying Defendants' Post-Trial Motions for Judgment of Acquittal In this November 2007 ruling, a judge denied defense motions for an acquittal.

- Sentencing Memorandum Federal prosecutors argued that Padilla and his co-defendants should receive life sentences. The document states, "During an eight-year conspiracy, these men aided mujahideen fighters and organizations aligned with terrorists, claimed membership in terrorist groups, communicated with convicted terrorists, and attended terrorist training camps. They did so knowingly, intentionally and willfully, fully prepared to kill any 'infidels' in their path."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 1/22/08) In January 2008, a judge sentenced Padilla to a term of 208 months, Hassoun to 188 months in jail, and Jayyousi to 152 months in prison.

• United States v. Uzair Paracha (Material support to Al-Qaida):

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 12/20/07) In August 2003, a federal grand jury in New York indicted Uzair Paracha, a Pakistani national residing in the United States, for conspiring to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaida. Paracha and his father Saifullah conspired with two Al-Qaida members, Majid Khan and Ammar Al-Baluchi, to "help Khan obtain a travel document that would have allowed Khan to re-enter the United States to commit a terrorist act." Khan planned to carry out an attack on gasoline stations.

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction (Added 12/20/07) In November 2005, Paracha was convicted on all charges in the indictment, including conspiring to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaida and identification document fraud committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism. NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness in this trial.

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 12/20/07) In July 2006, Paracha was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

- Department of Defense Evidence Summary: Majid Khan (Added 7/29/08) Majid Khan is currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. According to DOD, "In February and March 2003, Uzair Paracha (Paracha) posed as the detainee during telephone calls with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, called the detainee’s bank, and attempted to gather information about the detainee’s immigration paperwork via the Internet. Paracha also agreed to use the detainee’s credit card to make it appear that the detainee was in the United States, when in fact the detainee was in Pakistan. On 29 March 2003, a search of Uzair Paracha’s bedroom in Brooklyn, New York, revealed a Bank of America visa check card in the name of the detainee and five different identification cards for the detainee, including one Maryland drivers license and one social security card. Uzair Paracha (Paracha) stated he knew from his father the detainee and a second individual were al Qaida. The detainee and the individual wanted to give Paracha and his father between 180,000 and 200,000 United States dollars to invest in their company as a loan. Paracha stated he knew the money was al Qaida money and that al Qaida wanted to keep the money liquid so they could have it back at a moments notice. Paracha felt it was implied that he had to perform tasks for the detainee and the individual on behalf of al Qaida because of the money being loaned to their business.

• United States v. Christopher Paul (Material support to Al-Qaida):

- Indictment (Added 2/27/08) On April 11, 2007, Christopher Paul (a.k.a. Abdulmalek Kenyatta), a U.S. citizen, was indicted in Columbus, Ohio and charged with conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists. Authorities allege he targeted “European tourist resorts where American citizens are known to vacation” and U.S. government facilities in Europe. Paul allegedly attended an Al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan, “provided explosives training to fellow co-conspirators in Germany” in April 1999, “instructed individuals in martial arts” at a Columbus mosque, and “conducted hiking, camping, and other training operations in Burr Oak State Park in…Ohio with several co-conspirators.” During multiple searches of Paul’s Columbus residence, authorities found a night vision scope, a laser range finder, binoculars with a built-in camera, a military survival knife, a crossbow, and “books, literature, and manuals on how to make explosives...” Futher, searching Paul’s residence, authorities discovered “a thermal fax containing names, phone numbers, and contact information for key al Qaeda leadership and associates.” They also found a postcard from Karim Medhi, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2006 for planning a terror attack on Reunion Island, a popular tourist destination in the Indian Ocean.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 2/27/08)

- Plea Agreement (Added 6/4/08) In June 2004, Paul pled guilty to conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) against a U.S. national outisde the U.S. and against property owned or used by the U.S. outside the U.S.

- Statement of Facts (Added 6/4/08) According to this filing, "from 1993 through 1995 defendant, using various passports and aliases, returned to the Balkans area in Europe and fought jihad in conflict zones such as Bosnia establishing further contacts with the radical Islamic fundamentalist movement and creating a master list of contact numbers for senior al-Qaeda leadership and other radical Islamic fundamentalists and operatives world-wide."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 3/1/09) U.S. citizen Christopher Paul was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to bomb targets in Europe and the U.S. Paul trained at an Al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan, fought in Afghanistan and Bosnia, created "a master list of al Qaeda leaders and other Islamic radicals worldwide," and "conducted training operations in Burr Oak State Park in Ohio with several members of his local group, replicating terrorist training he had received in Afghanistan and Bosnia." He also "provided explosives training to" a terror cell in Germany "knowing that it was planning to use this training to construct bombs, car bombs, and similar devices to be used against Americans while they vacationed at foreign tourist resorts. The German terrorist cell also planned to use bombs against Americans in the United States, and against U.S. facilities abroad, such as U.S. embassies, diplomatic premises and military bases in Europe."

- Exhibit: LeT Recruitment (Added 9/09/09) The NEFA Foundation is making available an exhibit from the case of Christopher Paul, a U.S. citizen sentenced to 20 years in prison in March 2009 for conspiring to bomb targets in Europe and the U.S. The document provides notable insight into how overseas recruitment for training with Lashkar-e-Taiba occurs, as well as a window on one of Paul's top priorities.

- NEFA Foundation "Target: America" Report "The Columbus Mall Plot"

• United States v. Dean Proffitt et al. (Missouri Commercial Driver's License scheme):

- Indictment (Added 1/25/08) Prosecutors alleged that "the conspiracy involved fraudulent testing for commercial driver’s licenses on the part of the South Central Career Center Truck Driver Training School (SCCC) in West Plains and Muslim Brothers and Sisters (MBS), a trucking company that operated a truck driving training school located in Kansas City, for more than 70 Somali and Bosnian nationals. Proffitt was the superintendent of SCCC..." Co-defendant Ernest Arnel White, also known as Mustafa, "was the operator of MBS and was primarily responsible for training individuals seeking a Missouri CDL." As part of the conspiracy, "White allegedly provided the answers to the written test to MBS students..."

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 1/25/08)

- Plea Agreement: Abdiwahab Mohamud Mohamed (Added 1/25/08) Abdiwahab Mohamud Mohamed, a citizen of Somalia living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, admitted his involvement in the scheme. According to this document, he "traveled from Minnesota to Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, in July of 2004, to obtain a Missouri CDL. The defendant who had operated a dump truck in his home country of Somalia, purchased a tractor trailer and sought to obtain a CDL. The defendant was directed to White by an acquaintance in Minnesota who informed the defendant that White’s school would only cost $800, as opposed to the $5,000 for a legitimate CDL school in Minnesota...The defendant, who had never driven a tractor trailer prior to traveling to West Plains, drove a tractor-trailer around the parking lot at SCCC for 10 minutes. Normally the CDL test took two hours to complete...The defendant also, during the course of the conspiracy, referred one other person to White’s school to obtain a fraudulent CDL."

• United States v. Nada Nadim Prouty et al. (Former FBI agent and CIA employee; Talal Chahine's relative):

- Plea Agreement: Prouty In November 2007, Nada Nadim Prouty pled guilty in a Michigan court "to charges of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship, which she later used to gain employment at the FBI and CIA; accessing a federal computer system to unlawfully query information about her relatives and the terrorist organization Hizballah; and conspiracy to defraud the United States." As DOJ explains, "in August 2000, Prouty's sister, Elfat El Aouar, entered into a marriage with Talal Khalil Chahine...In September 2000, Prouty, while employed as an FBI special agent, used the FBI's computerized Automated Case System (ACS), without authorization, to query her own name, her sister's name, and that of her brother-in-law, Talal Khalil Chahine. In addition, on or about June 4, 2003, Prouty accessed the FBI's ACS and obtained information from a national security investigation into Hizballah that was being conducted by the FBI's Detroit Field Office. According to court documents, in August 2002, Prouty's sister, Elfat El Aouar, and her brother-in-law, Talal Khalil Chahine, attended a fundraising event in Lebanon where the keynote speakers were Chahine himself and Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah. Sheikh Fadlallah had previously been designated by the U.S. government as a specially designated global terrorist based upon his status as a leading ideological figure with Hizballah." Chahine has been indicted on a number of charges, including tax evasion and bribery, while El Aouar has pled guilty to tax evasion.

- DOJ Press Release on Prouty Guilty Plea According to the indictment of Talal Chahine, Prouty improperly accessed files in an FBI database that "reference an identification number for a classified human source...utilized by the FBI's Detroit Field Office in one or more...investigations concerning...Hizballah..."

- FBI Summary This FBI press release provides a timeline of key events in the Prouty case.

- Court filing from an overseas probe Prouty was involved in while an FBI agent This court filing describes an investigation in Rwanda with which Prouty assisted.

- Sentencing Memorandum on Behalf of Nada Nadim Prouty (Added 5/2/08) This defense filing his court filing notes that "from the start of her career" as an FBI agent, "Prouty worked on high-profile, sensitive cases involving terrorist activity abroad." Those cases include the Pan Am 73 hijacking, the Khobar Towers bombing, the U.S.S. Cole bombing, the murder of U.S. AID diplomat Lawrence Foley, and the 2003 Riyadh bombing. Then, she "volunteered to serve in Baghdad," while working for the CIA, and remained in harm's way despite being pregnant. "On a number of occasions, she was trapped outside the safety of the U.S. Green Zone and was fired on before was exfiltrated to safety."

- Exhibit A: Islamabad Legat Recommendation (Added 5/2/08) Writing to the Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office, the FBI's Legal Attache in Islamabad asserted that Prouty's "performance during several temporary duty assignments (TDY)...in Islamabad, gave me the confidence to know that she would be able to handle any situation that she might encounter as Acting Legal Attache."

- Exhibit B: Louis Freeh Letter (Added 5/2/08) In February 2000, then-FBI Director Louis Freeh wrote Prouty to thank her for her assistance in connection with his travel to the UAE. He added that she embodies "the FBI's motto -- Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity -- and the Bureau is fortunate to have an employee of your caliber."

- Exhibit C: U.S. Attorney's Office Award (Added 5/2/08) The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia, presented Prouty with an "Award for Public Service" in April 2001.

- Exhibit D: George Tenet Letter (Added 5/2/08) In April 2002, then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote Prouty to extend his "deep appreciation" for her "contribution to a joint counterterrorist operation..." Prouty was with the FBI at the time.

- Exhibit E: U.S. Attorney's Office Award (Added 5/2/08) The U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, presented Prouty with a "Certificate of Appreciation" in May 2004.

- Exhibit F: WFO ADIC Award Recommendation (Added 5/2/08) In January 2002, the ADIC of the Washington Field Office recommended Prouty for an award in connection with her involvement in the extraordinary rendition of an Abu Nidal terrorist who participated in the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi in September 1986. Prouty "participated in the actual arrest of the subject overseas" and "assisted in the subject interview which resulted in admissions of guilt."

- Exhibit G: SAC Recommendation (Added 5/2/08) SAC James Caruso wrote that Prouty had "spent over 100 days in Pakistan since August 2000" and "volunteers readily to assist in TDYs that are very difficult and dangerous."

- Exhibit H: Amman Legat Recommendation (Added 5/2/08) In January 2003, the Amman Legal Attache wrote the Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office to commend Prouty for spearheading the investigation into the murder of Lawrence Foley. According to the letter, Prouty "is an extremely valuable asset to the FBI."

- Exhibit I: CIA Award (Added 5/2/08) In December 2005, Prouty received an "Exceptional Performance Award" from the CIA.

- Judgment (Added 5/14/08) Prouty was fined, but avoided jail time.

- Order Revoking Citizenship (Added 5/14/08) Prouty had her citizenship revoked.

- Deportation Order and Order Witholding Removal (Added 5/14/08) Prouty's order of removal to Lebanon was withheld.

- Elfat El Aouar Plea Agreement: Naturalization Fraud In November 2007, El Aouar, who is Talal Chahine's husband and Nada Nadim Prouty's sister, pled guilty to naturalization fraud. As noted above, El Aouar has also pled guilty to tax evasion.

- Elfat El Aouar Judgment (Added 2/29/08) In February 2008, El Aouar was sentenced to 90 days in prison for her role in the immigration fraud scheme. That sentence will run concurrently with her eighteen-month sentence for tax evasion.

- Elfat El Aouar Citizenship Revocation Order (Added 2/29/08) In February 2008, a judge stripped El Aouar of her U.S. citizenship.

- DOJ Press Release on Rula Nadim Al Aouar Indictment: Naturalization Fraud In September 2007, Rula Nadim Al Aouar, a Dearborn Heights doctor, was arrested for naturalization fraud. According to DOJ, "Dr. Al Aouar, a Lebanese national, unlawfully and fraudulently procured her United States citizenship by offering cash to a U.S. citizen to engage in a marriage fraud with her in 1992, and then engaging in numerous acts of perjury, false representations and forgery in furtherance of the fraud." Al Aouar, Prouty, and El Aouar are sisters.

- Superseding Information (Samar Khalil Spinelli) According to this document, "on an unknown date between July 6, 1989 and April 13, 1990," Samar Khalil Spinelli, who went on to become a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, "offered money to a United States citizen to marry her, expressly for the purpose of remaining in the United States and evading U.S. immigration laws."

- DOJ Press Release on Spinelli Guilty Plea: Citizenship Fraud and Passport Fraud In December 2007, DOJ announced that Spinelli pled guilty in Detroit "to conspiring with former FBI Agent and CIA employee Nada Nadim Prouty and Elfat El Aouar, the wife of fugitive restauranteur Talal Chahine, to commit citizenship fraud and passport fraud..." DOJ adds, "on April 13, 1990, Spinelli entered into a fraudulent marriage with Jean Paul Deladurantaye in St. Clair Shores, Michigan for the purpose of evading U.S. immigration laws. Spinelli later submitted a series of false, fraudulent and forged documents and letters to federal immigration officials to verify the validity of the fraudulent marriage in order to obtain permanent residency status, and, later, U.S. citizenship, thereby committing naturalization fraud."

- Plea Agreement: Spinelli

- Judgment: Spinelli (Added 5/14/08) Spinelli was fined, but avoided jail time.

• United States v. Mohammad Salman Farooq Qureshi (Lying to FBI re: Wadih El Hage ties):

- Information (Added 4/9/08) Mohammad Salman Farooq Qureshi was charged in Louisiana in February 2005 for making false statements to the FBI "regarding the true nature and extent of his involvement with and knowledge of Wadih El Hage, his associates, and the non-governmental organization Help Africa People/Africa Help..." El Hage has been convicted for his role in the 1998 Africa Embassy bombings. And "Help Africa People/Africa Help, was used to provide cover identities, ostensible employment, and funds for Al Qaeda members involved in the conspiracy to bomb the U.S. Embassies," according to DOJ.

- Plea Agreement (Added 4/9/08) Qureshi pled guilty to the one-count Bill of Information in February 2005.

- Judgment (Added 4/9/08) Qureshi was sentenced to 48 months in prison in August 2005.

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 4/9/08) According to this document, Qureshi "was interviewed by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2004 in relation to investigations of federal crimes of terrorism. During these interviews, Qureshi made false statements to FBI agents and misrepresented the true nature of his knowledge of Osama bin Ladin, Wadih El Hage, El Hage's associates, and the non-governmental organization called Help Africa People." Qureshi admitted giving $30,000 to Wadih El Hage in Nairobi, Kenya. Additionally, "during Qureshi's sentencing hearing, it was noted that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed's name is shown as a witness to a contract between Qureshi and El Hage creating a business relationship to buy and sell tanzanite gemstones. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was a member of El Hage's Al Qaeda cell and remains a fugitive listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list."

• United States v. Saifullah Ranjha et al. (Operation "Cash-Out" money laundering case):

- DOJ Press Release on Indictments In September 2007, a grand jury "indicted 39 individuals and one business on charges arising from money laundering, conspiracy to bribe a public official, operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses and failing to file currency transaction reports." One of the defendants was laundering money he believed would be used by Al-Qaida.

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea: Saifullah Ranjha (Added 8/23/08) Saifullah Ranjha, a U.S. national living in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, pled guilty to conspiring to launder money and to concealing terrorist financing. As DOJ noted, "According to his guilty plea...he operated a money remitter business in the District of Columbia known as Hamza, Inc. A cooperating witness, acting at the direction of law enforcement, held himself out to Ranjha and his associates to be involved in large scale international drug trafficking, international smuggling of counterfeit cigarettes and weapons. He also represented that he was providing assistance and financing to members of al Qaeda and its affiliated organizations and their operatives. From October 2003 to September 19, 2007, the cooperating witness gave Ranjha and his associates a total of $2,208,000 in government funds in order to transfer the monies abroad through an informal money transfer system called a 'hawala,' using a network of persons and/or businesses to transfer money across domestic and international borders without reliance upon conventional banking systems and regulations. The cooperating witness represented that the monies were the proceeds of, and related to, his purported illegal activities and Ranjha laundered these funds believing they were to be used to support those activities."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 11/5/08) In August 2008, Saifullah Ranjha, a U.S. national living in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, pled guilty to conspiring to launder money and to concealing terrorist financing. On November 4, 2008, he was sentenced to 110 months in prison.

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea: Mohammad Riaz Gujjar (Added 2/1/09) In September 2007, a grand jury "indicted 39 individuals and one business on charges arising from money laundering, conspiracy to bribe a public official, operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses and failing to file currency transaction reports." One of the defendants was laundering money he believed would be used by Al-Qaida. In January 2009, one of those indviduals, Maryland resident Mohammad Riaz Gujjar, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy arising from "three separate schemes involving money laundering and attempts to illegally obtain tax abatements and green cards." According to DOJ, "To date, 24 defendants have pleaded guilty to their participation in one or more of these schemes."

• United States v. Weiss Rasool (Unauthorized computer access; Fairfax County police officer):

- Criminal Information (Added 4/24/08) In January 2008, Weiss Rasool -- a Sergeant with the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department -- was charged with unauthorized computer access, for intentionally accessing the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer system and obtaining vehicle information without authorization. As detailed in court filings, according to Rasool, a fellow member of his mosque “approached him with concerns about...cars" that had been following him. On June 10, 2005, Rasool "accessed information on the three license plate numbers...and learned that all three vehicle license plates were registered to a leasing company." Federal prosecutors write, "As an experienced police officer, the defendant knew that the leasing company the three cars were registered to was used by law enforcement." Then, in a call that was monitored by law enforcement under a warrant approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Rasool called his associate who had asked for assistance; Rasool "advised him that all three vehicles did not come back to an individual person but rather a company." Prosecutors note, "the evidence is that the defendant was advising the target that he was being following by government vehicles." When initially confronted by the FBI, Rasool "denied knowing the target and denied making the phone call. On March 6, 2007, the defendant admitted to his conduct on June 10th only after hearing the recording of the message he left for the target."

- Plea Agreement (Added 4/24/08) Rasool pled guilty to a single count of unauthorized computer access.

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea (Added 4/24/08) 

- Statement of Facts (Added 4/24/08) According to this document, Rasool immigrated to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 1983 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1986. He joined the Fairfax Police Department in July 2000.

- Position of the U.S. with Respect to Sentencing Factors (Added 4/24/08) The government wrote, "the defendant’s actions damaged the integrity of the NCIC system and jeopardized at least one federal investigation. The defendant’s actions could have placed federal agents in danger. The FBI has had to undo the harm caused by the defendant. Moreover, the defendant’s misuse of the NCIC system undermined the Violent Crime and Terrorist Offender File, a system put in place to assist in the investigation of possible terrorists." In April 2008, Rasool was sentenced to two years probation.

- Letters in Support of Rasool (Added 4/24/08) A number of individuals, including fellow law enforcement officers, wrote letters in support of Rasool.

- U.S.' Response to Defendant's Sentencing Memorandum (Added 4/24/08) Providing even more detail on the case, this filing reveals that Rasool "ran the target’s vehicle on November 24, 2005, two days after the target pled guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia. The defendant received a Terrorism Screening Center alert for the target. Later that evening, the defendant ran his own information. On November 27, 2007, the defendant ran the vehicle information on the target’s former attorney and associate. Immediately after, the defendant ran his own information again. The defendant conducted NCIC inquiries on himself approximately seventeen times over eighteen months. He stated to FBI agents that he did this because he wanted to see if he was on terrorism watch list. He stated that he became concerned when he learned of some of his associates on the watch list. The Fairfax County Police Department never authorized the defendant to use the NCIC computer system for this purpose." What's more, "the FBI agents that participated in the two post-plea debriefings with the defendant do not believe that he has been truthful." And, "on April 14, 2008, the defendant appeared for a polygraph examination conducted by an FBI examiner but was not fully compliant with the test procedures despite warnings from the examiner to cease in his behavior. Because of the countermeasures deliberately used by the defendant during the test, the FBI examiner was unable to conduct a true polygraph examination."

• United States v. Richard Reid (Shoe bomber):

- Complaint (Added 12/20/07) In this document, FBI Special Agent Margaret Cronin details the struggle to subdue failed shoe-bomber Richard Reid on American Airlines Flight 63.

- Indictment (Added 12/20/07) Reid was indicted on a number of charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, placing an explosive device on an aircraft, and attempted homicide.

- Stipulation Regarding Richard Reid: From Moussaoui Trial (Added 12/20/07) This filing reveals information about the "close relationship" between Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui, whom Reid named "as the beneficiary of his belongings upon his 'passing.'" Further, according to this document, "there is no information available to indicate that Richard Reid...had pre-knowledge of the 9/11 attacks or was instructed by al-Qaeda leadership to conduct an operation in coordination with Moussaoui."

- Sentencing Transcript (Added 4/19/08) In sentencing Reid to life in prison, the judge said, "You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier gives you far too much stature....So war talk is way out of line is this court. You're a big fellow. But you're not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders...You're no big deal." He concluded by stating, "See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. The flag still stands for freedom. You know it always will."

- DNI Fact Sheet on 'Ali 'Abd al-'Aziz 'Ali (Added 4/19/08) According to this Director of National Intelligence document, in late 2001 in Afghanistan, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed directed 'Ali 'Abd al-'Aziz 'Ali "to be the communications intermediary between al-Qa'ida and 'shoe bombers' Richard Reid and Saajid Badat."

- DOD Document Re: Richard Reid's Afghan Training Camp Attendance (Added 4/19/08) This charge sheet for an individual held at Guantanamo Bay (who was eventually released) states, "after a short time on the front lines in Bagram, Binyam Muhammad attended an explosives training camp in Kabul where he received training on explosives and 'homemade' bomb-making. Also in attendance at this camp was Richard Reid."

- 9/11 Commission Report Re: Shoe Bombs and 9/11 (Added 4/19/08) According to the 9/11 Commission Report, in Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's initial plan for 9/11, "operatives would hijack U.S.-flagged commercial planes flying Pacific routes across East Asia and destroy them in midair, possibly with shoe bombs, instead of flying them into targets."

- NEFA Foundation "Target: America" Report "KSM's Transatlantic Shoe Bomb Plot"

• United States v. Ahmed Ressam (LAX Millennium bomb plotter):

- Complaint (Added 1/05/08) On December 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam (a.k.a. Bennie Antoine Norris) was arrested attempting to enter the U.S. with a trunk full of explosives material. He was planning to bomb Los Angeles International Airport.

- Indictment (Added 2/27/08) In January 2000, Ressam was indicted on an array of charges, including transporting explosives, smuggling, and committing an act of terrorism transcending a national boundary.

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction (Added 2/27/08) In April 2001, Ressam was found guilty on all counts.

- Hassan Zemiri Letter (Added 1/05/08) Ressam's testimony in the trial of Mokhtar Haouari helped detain Hassan Zemiri, an alleged co-conspirator currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. Ressam has sought to secure Zemiri's release by writing a federal judge to plead, "it is not right or just to accuse somebody of something not true."

- Supreme Court Ruling (Added 5/21/08) The Supreme Court upheld the conviction (8-1) of would-be LAX bomber Ahmed Ressam on an explosives charge. As the Associated Press explains, "at issue was whether Ressam should have been convicted of carrying explosives during the commission of another serious crime, in Ressam's case lying on a U.S. customs form when he crossed the border at Port Angeles in December 1999."

- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling (Added 8/17/08) The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the sentence of convicted Millennium bomb plotter Ahmed Ressam, ruling that a judge failed to determine "the applicable Guidelines range" at the beginning of Ressam's sentencing proceedings. The Appeals Court remanded the case for sentencing by the U.S. District Court in Seattle.

• United States v. Michael Reynolds (Material support to Al-Qaida; Internet sting):

- Superseding Indictment (Added 12/20/07) In October 2006, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced the filing of a superseding indictment, charging Reynolds with attempting to provide material support to terrorist groups, soliciting crimes of violence and possession of hand grenades." DOJ wrote, "in approximately October 2005, the Defendant...posted comments at the OBLcrew chat group soliciting help to compel the United States Government officials to return soldiers to the United States through terrorist activities...Reynolds then began communicating through the Internet with an individual he believed to be a member of Al-Qaeda. In fact, this individual and was not affiliated with any foreign terrorist organization, but rather began cooperating with authorities in their investigation of Reynolds’ conduct...Reynolds offered in these Internet communications to assist Al-Qaeda in engaging in acts of terrorism within the United States by performing the services of identifying targets, planning terrorist attacks, and describing bomb making methods, among other services...Reynold[s] sought to enlist separate 'units' to carry out violent attacks against pipeline systems and energy facilities in an effort to reduce energy reserves, create environmental hazards, increase anxiety, and require substantial expenditure of funds and government personnel, including the military, to protect these locations."

- DOJ Press Release on Superseding Indictment (Added 12/20/07)

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction (Added 12/20/07) In July 2007, Reynolds was convicted of attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaida.

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 12/20/07) In November 2007, Reynolds was sentenced to thirty years in prison.

• United States v. Raed Abdul-Rahman Alsaif (Attempt to smuggle knife on plane):

- Complaint (Added 7/16/09) On June 4, 2009, Raed Abdul-Rahman Alsaif, who was ticketed to travel on US Airways from Tampa to Portland, with a stop in Phoenix, attempted to pass through Tampa International Airport security with a seven inch knife concealed in one of his carry-on bags. Security noted that weapon was “concealed from view without use of an x-ray machine” but was hidden in a “readily accessible manner.” After being questioned by airport security, Alsaif claimed he had no prior knowledge of the weapon. Authorities are investigating any possible linkages between Alsaif’s case and that of two men in Philadelphia who were charged with attempting to smuggle a Smith & Wesson 9- mm semi-automatic handgun onto a Phoenix-bound US Airways flight on the same morning. 

- Detention Order (Added 7/16/09) In this June 26, 2009 Order of Detention, United States Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III denied Alsaif’s request to be released from prison on bail. He is “is a foreign national in the U.S. on a student visa” and “at present…is in violation of that visa and subject to deportation.”

- Charge Report (Added 7/16/09)

• United States v. Pete Seda & Soliman Hamd Al-Buthe (Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation - AHIF):

- Indictment Pirouz Sedaghady (a.k.a. Pete Seda) and his co-defendant, Soliman Al-Buthe, were indicted in Oregon in September 2005 on multiple charges, including conspiring to defraud the U.S. Both served as officials with the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (AHIF), a Saudi-based charity that operated in more than fifty countries throughout the world, including the U.S., and that has been designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Sedaghady helped establish AHIF's office in Ashland, Oregon and is listed as the organization's Secretary in tax records. The indictment notes, "the website www.alharamain.org was hosted by Al-Haramain (Riyadh). Through this website and other websites referred to in Al-Haramain's (Riyadh) website, Al-Haramain (Riyadh) promoted violent jihad as an obligation of Islam, updated readers concerning the Chechen mujahideen's violent jihad against the Russian army, and advised readers on how to donate money to the Chechen mujahideen." The filing further explains, "in February 2000, an individual in Egypt donated $150,000 to Al-Haramain (Riyadh) as zakat to be sent to Chechnya. The funds were initially wire transferred by the donor to an Al-Haramain bank account in Oregon, converted into travelers checks and a cashier's check, and covertly taken out of the United States by defendant SOLIMAN AL-BUTHE. Intending that the funds be delivered to the Chechen mujahideen, defendants PIROUZ SEDAGHATY, SOLIMAN AL-BUTHE,..., and others, engaged in a conspiracy to prevent the United States Government from learning of the transaction..."

- U.S. Government Memo Supporting Pre-Trial Detention This filing points out that "AHIF-SA...promoted a version of Islam called Wahhabism. While there are variations of Wahhabi teachings, the clerics and literature promoted by AHIF represent an extreme, intolerant and militant form of Wahhabism. For example, AHIF literature states that Muslims have an affirmative duty to engage in jihad (defined as holy fighting in Allah’s cause) against those who do not believe in Islam, and that Muslims must prepare for jihad by engaging in military type training." Notably, AHIF's U.S. branch distributed material to U.S. prisons which "advised prisoners that violent jihad against non-believers is an affirmative obligation for all Muslims until the entire world submits to Islamic rule."

- Defendant's Memo Supporting Pre-Trial Release Sedaghady's attorneys argued that "he is beloved by many in the community, including a rabbi, a minister and a public media personality, all of whom call him a strong force for nonviolence and religious peace."

- Pete Seda's Explanation of His Whereabouts While a Fugitive: Document 1 This document provides a timeline for Seda while he was a fugitive, asserting he lived in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Syria.

- Pete Seda's Explanation of His Whereabouts While a Fugitive: Document 2 This email from Sedaghady's attorney also offers information on his whereabouts.

- Pete Seda's Explanation of His Whereabouts While a Fugitive: Exhibits This document provides proof of Sedaghady's whereabouts, including his business cardsfrom Syria and Dubai.

-- El-Fiki Email re: $150,000 Transfer This email from Dr. Mahmoud Talaat El-Fiki notifies AHIF that he has asked his bank in London to transfer $150,000 to AHIF's U.S. account. He sought to participate in AHIF's "noble support to our muslim brothers in Chychnia."

- Illegal Financial Activity According to federal authorities, "just after the funds were wire transferred to the AHIF-US account, defendant Al-Buthe flew from Saudi Arabia to Oregon. Sedeghaty and Al-Buthe then went into the bank and withdrew the funds in the form of 130 $1,000 American Express travelers checks and a $21,000 cashier's check, costing AHIF a transaction fee of $1,300.00. Defendant Al-Buthe quickly returned to Saudi Arabia with the funds, failing to report to U.S. Custom agents that he was transporting more than $10,000 outside of the country, in violation of U.S. law." The $131,000 check is here, while the $21,000 check is here. 

- Chechen Jihad Photos from Seda's Computer - #1 These photos, found on Seda's computer, depict pictures of dead mujahideen, dead Russian soldiers, and passports of dead Russian soldiers.

- Chechen Jihad Photos from Seda's Computer - #2 These photos, found on Seda's computer, depict Ibn-ul-Khattab and Shamil Basayev (who claimed credit for the 2004 Beslan attack).

- AHIF Email Group Glorifying Chechen Mujahideen An email group established by an AHIF employee in Saudi Arabia glorified the Chechen mujahideen. Seda received many of the messages, including one that stated, "Jihaad is a religious obligation in Islaam."

- The Noble Quran AHIF-US distributed radical Islamic literature into the U.S. prison system, including The Noble Quran, which stated, "Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim." It adds, "Jihad is a great deed indeed and...it is the best thing that one can volunteer for."

- The Islamic Guidelines for Individual and Social Reform AHIF-US also distributed The Islamic Guidelines for Individual and Social Reform, which told readers "the Jihad against the disbelievers, communists and the aggressors from Jewish-Christian nations can be either by spending on Jihad or by participating in it in person."

- Prisoner's Letter to AHIF-US Umar Khalid Al-Mujahid, a prisoner, wrote to AHIF-US asking that his ten dollars be "used towards helping the mujahideen in Chechnya that are being persecuted by the coalition of the kuffar, whether it be providing some food, medical help, to the families of the martyrs or weapons." The letter was seized during the February 2004 raid of AHIF-US.

- AHIF English-Language Newsletter According to the U.S. government, "AHIF-SA [also] promoted violent jihad as a religious obligation." A February 2000 English-language AHIF newsletter states, "Jihaad is a religious obligation in Islaam. Its aim is to fight oppression and injustice and to remove obstacles which prevent the spread of Islaam."

- Seda's $2,000 Transfer to AHIF-Albania In April 1999, Seda transferred $2,000 to AHIF's office in Tirane, Albania. The U.S. government notes that "the AHIF office in Tirane, Albania was the closest AHIF office to mujahideen fighting in Kosovo."

- Email from "the office of Sheikh Ussamah Bin Laden" Authorities discovered an email purportedly sent by "the office of Sheikh Ussamah Bin Laden" in Qandahar, Afghanistan on an islamtoday server, which was located in an Ashland, Oregon building that AHIF-US partially controlled. The email said, "He sends you a message of gratitude and appreciation and asks you not to forget to pray during this blessed night and on Friday!!!!" The email, whose author is unknown, was sent three days after the U.S. bombing campaign began in Afghanistan.

- Seda's passport, naturalization certificate, and marriage contract

- 9th Circuit Appeals Court Ruling Rejecting a Challenge to the NSA's Wiretap Program In November 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on an AHIF filing that it was "subject to warrantless electronic surveillance in 2004 in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq. ('FISA'), various provisions of the United States Constitution, and international law. The government countered that the suit is foreclosed by the state secrets privilege...Essential to substantiating Al-Haramain’s allegations against the government is a classified 'Top Secret' document (the 'Sealed Document') that the government inadvertently gave to Al-Haramain in 2004 during a proceeding to freeze the organization’s assets." The court concluded that "Al-Haramain cannot establish that it suffered injury in fact, a 'concrete and particularized' injury, because the Sealed Document, which Al-Haramain alleges proves that its members were unlawfully surveilled, is protected by the state secrets privilege."

- Order re: AHIF's Challenge to the NSA's Wiretap Program (Added 1/6/09)  In January 2009, a federal judge reversed himself, ruling that the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation (AHIF) can challenge the U.S. government's surveillance program. The judge changed his ruling when presented with statements by government officials about the program. The judge wrote, "Without a doubt, plaintiffs have alleged enough to plead 'aggrieved person' status so as to proceed to the next step in proceedings under FISA’s sections 1806(f) and 1810. While the court is presented with a legal problem almost totally without directly relevant precedents, to find plaintiffs’ showing inadequate would effectively render those provisions of FISA without effect, an outcome the court is required to attempt to avoid."

- DOJ Filing Challenging TSP Claim (Added 8/27/09)  Challenging a lawsuit by the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation alleging that it was subject to warrantless electronic surveillance in 2004 in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the DOJ argued that "plaintiffs rely on a string of sheer conjecture in an attempt to prove they were subject to the alleged TSP [Terror Surveillance Program] surveillance in 2004. But the fact that the President authorized the TSP, that the Government has investigated terrorist financing by charitable organizations like the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation of Saudi Arabia and its worldwide branches, that plaintiff AHIF-Oregon had been designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and, indeed, that this designation had been supported by 'classified' 'intelligence' information, does not establish that the Government electronically surveilled the plaintiffs under the TSP or otherwise."

• United States v. Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban (Iraqi intelligence ties):

- FBI Press Release on Conviction (Added 4/8/08) In January 2006, an Indiana jury convicted Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban of six counts, including: Conspiracy, Acting as a Foreign Agent without Notification, one violation of the Iraqi Sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Unlawful Procurement of an Identification Document and Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization. The jury hung on one IEEPA count. The evidence showed that "as an unregistered agent for the Saddam Hussein regime, Shaaban committed the following acts: traveled to Baghdad in late 2002 where he offered to sell names of U.S. intelligence agents and operatives to Iraq for $3 million dollars. Sought to gain Iraqi support to establish an Arabic television station in the United States that would broadcast news and discussions that would be pro-Iraqi. Sought to enter into a 'Cooperation Agreement' where he would be paid a fee by Iraq to organize volunteers to act as human shields to protect Iraqi infrastructure during the war."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 4/8/08) In May 2006, Shaaban was sentenced to 160 months in prison.

• United States v. Tarik Shah et al. (NYC jihad support network):

- Indictment In November 2007, prosecutors in New York indicted Tarik Ibn Osman Shah and Rafiq Sabir for conspiring to provide material support to Al-Qaida. Mahmud Faruq Brent was charged with providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba.

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea (Shah) In April 2007, Shah, a martial arts instructor from the Bronx, N.Y., pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaida, admitting "he conspired to aid al Qaeda by agreeing to train al Qaeda terrorists in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat with weapons." DOJ writes, "on May 20, 2005, SHAH met with a person whom he believed to be a recruiter for al Qaeda, but who was actually an undercover FBI agent. During that meeting, SHAH pledged 'bayat,' or allegiance, to Usama bin Laden and al Qaeda, and agreed to provide his martial arts expertise to train al Qaeda fighters." Moreover, "SHAH told the UC [FBI undercover agent] and the CS [confidential source] of his attempt to enter Afghanistan in approximately 1998 and of his intention to attend terrorist training camps there."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Shah) In November 2007, Shah received a fifteen year prison sentence.

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Rafiq Sabir) In November 2007, Rafiq Sabir -- a Columbia University-educated doctor convicted in May 2007 of conspiring to provide material support to Al-Qaida -- was sentenced to twenty five years in prison. Along with Shah, Sabir pledged "an oath of loyalty to al Qaeda" "in the presence of the UC [FBI undercover agent] and under the impression that the UC had the authority of al Qaeda..." Sabir was eager to provide medical assistance to Al-Qaida.

• United States v. Derrick Shareef (Illinois shopping mall grenade plot):

- Complaint Federal agents arrested Islamic convert Derrick Shareef on December 6, 2006 when he attempted to procure grenades and handguns during a meeting with an undercover agent. He had recorded a martyrdom video, in which he stated, "My name is Talib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef. I am 22 years of age. I am from America, and this tape is to let you guys know, who disbelieve in Allah, to let the enemies of Islam know, and to let the Muslims alike know that the time for jihad is now."

- Indictment In December 2006, Shareef was charged with one count of attempting to damage or destroy a building by fire or explosion and one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment

- FBI Interviews Interviewed by FBI agents following his arrest, Shareef provided considerable insights into his radicalization and his terror plans. Transcripts of interviews with the FBI informant who befriended Shareef are also included in this filing. This document was filed in the Connecticut case against Shareef's former roommate Hassan Abujihaad, convicted on terrorism and espionage charges in March 2008.

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea In November 2007, Shareef pled guilty to one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

- NEFA Foundation "Target: America" Report "The Illinois Shopping Mall Plot"

• United States v. Ahmad Omar Saaed Sheikh (Daniel Pearl murder):

- Indictment (Added 4/4/08) New Jersey federal prosecutors indicted Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh for his involvement in the conspiracy to murder Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. According to the indictment, "it was part of the conspiracy that defendant Ahmad Omar Saaed Sheikh, posing as Bashir, and others lured Daniel Pearl to a meeting in Karachi, Pakistan under the false pretense that he was to meet with a prominent Muslim cleric." The indictment asserts that "Sheikh was "affiliated with radical, militant organizations. He trained in military camps in Afghanistan and, in or about September and October 2001, fought in Afghanistan with Taliban and Al Qaeda forces."

• United States v. Hamid Sheikh (False statements to federal agents; SMP investigation link):

- ICE Fact Sheet on Deportation (Added 4/17/08) According to ICE, "on May 17, 2005, ICE officials removed from the United States Hamid Sheikh, 41, a native and citizen of Pakistan, who was living in the Philadelphia area. ICE and FBI agents first identified Sheikh in June 2003, when the Philadelphia Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) launched a probe of various individuals in Philadelphia. The JTTF probe identified a local cab driver, Agha Ali Abbas Qazalbash, as a member of Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan (SMP) a militant Shia organization in Pakistan...Sheikh was identified by the JTTF investigation as a close friend of Qazalbash. In August 2003, a federal grand jury in Eastern District of Pennsylvania indicted Sheikh on one count of making false statements to federal agents regarding the whereabouts of Qazalbash. In February 2004, Sheikh was convicted and sentenced to 16 months incarceration. Upon completion of his criminal sentence, Sheikh was transferred to ICE custody and charged on security-related grounds as a removable alien. ICE attorneys argued that Sheikh engaged in a criminal activity endangering public safety or national security by lying to federal agents for several days regarding the whereabouts of Qazalbash, allowing him to escape to Pakistan."

• United States v. Najib Shemami (Iraqi Intelligence Service agent):

- Indictment (Added 4/9/08) In April 2007, Najib Shemami of Sterling Heights, Michigan was indicted for acting as an agent of the Government of Iraq. According to DOJ, "the indictment alleges that Shemami traveled from Michigan to Iraq on several occasions and met with officers of the Iraqi Intelligence Service ('IIS') before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by coalition forces. During these meetings, the indictment alleges, Shemami reported information relating to the activities of Iraqi expatriates in the United States, potential candidates for political office in Iraq, and U.S. and Turkish military activities he had observed in Turkey before the U.S. entry into Iraq in 2003."

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 4/9/08) 

• United States v. Mohamed Ibrahim Shnewer et al. (Fort Dix plot):

- Indictment On May 7, 2007, federal agents made a series of arrests following a lengthy investigation that uncovered a plot to murder members of the U.S. military. In indictments filed in June 2007, prosecutors charged Serdar Tatar of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mohamad Shnewer of Cherry Hill, New Jersey; and brothers Dritan, Shain, and Eljvir Duka of Cherry Hill, New Jersey with involvement in the planned attack.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment

- Complaint This document provides extensive details on the plot targeting Fort Dix. For example, the filing reveals that on August 1, 2006, in a recorded conversation, Shnewer said to FBI informant Mahmoud Omar, “If you really want to do anything here, there is Fort Dix…I don’t want to exaggerate…I assure you that you can hit an American base very easily.” He continued, “You take a map and draw it and then you calculate that there are areas where there are 100-200 individuals and you should allocate 6-7 persons for this alone.” Shnewer added, “When you go to a military base, you need mortars and RPGs.”

- Superseding Indictment (Added 01/15/08) A superseding indictment, filed on January 15, 2008, charged the men with the attempted murder of military personnel. The Duka brothers, Shnewer, and Agron Abdullahu of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey were also indicted on weapons-related charges.

- Government's Brief in Opposition to Defendants' Motions to Terminate Administrative Detention (Added 12/12/07) According to this filing, Shnewer gave a fellow inmate an Al-Qaida video featuring Usama Bin Laden; prison officials found the DVD hidden inside a book in the law library.

- Eljvir Duka Letter to Fellow Inmate (Added 12/12/07) In this letter, Duka stated, "now you see why we were going to sacrifice all for the sake of allah in jihad...fight in the way of allah first with the mouth then with the sword. we weren't able to finish."

- Prison Surveillance Video (Added 12/15/07) This clip shows a note being passed being cells at Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center. 

- Memorandum of Law of the United States in Opposition to Defendant Agron Abdullahu's Motion for Bail The Duka brothers, who were illegal immigrants, had Agron Abdullahu and another individual store their weapons. When searching Abdullahu’s residence on May 7, 2007, federal agents seized a 9 millimeter Beretta handgun, a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun, a Beretta 9 millimeter CX4 Storm rifle, a Yugo rifle, a bayonet, and ammunition. Moreover, prosecutors note that Abdullahu “admitted that he purchased approximately 2,500 rounds of ammunition to be used by the Dukas and others.”

- Supplemental Memorandum of Law of the United States in Opposition to Defendant Agron Abdullahu's Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of Bail According to this filing, "on May 25, 2007, a corrections officer noticed that Abdullahu had “etched into his cell door a depiction of an AK-47 machine gun firing bullets at the words
‘FBI,’” as well as the words “Rainca Kosova UCK.” Prosecutors explained that “UCK” is an acronym for the “Kosovo Liberation Army,” an “ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization which fought for the independence of Kosovo from Yugoslavia in the late 1990s. Some prominent KLA members have recently been charged with committing war crimes. As recently as December 2006, the Albanian National Army or AKSH, with which some
former KLA members appear to have been linked, has been involved in violent attacks against legitimate police forces in Western Kosovo.” Court documents further note that “although Abdullahu has publicly attempted to disassociate himself with the KLA, his promotion of it paints a different picture.”

- Exhibit: Picture from Abdullahu's Cell of "Rainca Kosovo UCK" (Added 3/26/08)

- Exhibit: Picture from Abdullahu's Cell of AK-47 Firing at the Words "FBI" (Added 3/26/08)

- Exhibit: Picture from Abdullahu's Cell of Tampered Light Switch (Added 3/26/08) Abdullahu removed a screw from the metal light switch plate in his room and bent it from the wall. Officials feared he may have been attempting to create a weapon with the plate.

- Superseding Information re: Abdullahu This document lays out the weapons violations Abdullahu committed.

- DOJ Press Release on Abdullahu Guilty Plea Abdullahu pled guilty to weapons charges in October 2007.

- Government Sentencing Brief re: Abdullahu (Added 3/26/08) Federal prosecutors argue that the court "should sentence defendant [Agron] Abdullahu to a term of imprisonment that is substantially greater than the advisory Sentencing Guidelines calculation of 12 to 18 months." They write that "Abdullahu was providing firearms to persons who expressed their devotion to jihad...Abdullahu knew or should have known that the Dukas and Shnewer were using Abdullahu’s firearms to prepare themselves to commit violent crimes against Americans or American interests." The document continues, "during the 2006 Poconos trip, the group practiced shooting various firearms at the firing range. As the group practiced, they made repeated references to 'jihad' and yelled 'Allah Akbar,' while one member also showed the others how to shoot 'mujahideen style.' Surely, this conduct must have given defendant Abdullahu at least some indication that certain of his companions viewed their time at the shooting range as not merely amusement, but training for a specific purpose."

- Exhibit: February 1, 2007 Recorded Conversation (Added 3/26/08) In this conversation, recorded by the FBI, Agron Abdullahu and the alleged Fort Dix conspirators discuss purchasing weapons. Abdullahu informs the men that "when you get the firearms ID card, they check your whole history...Interpol, they check everything out, FBI background check." He complains, "even in f*cking Jersey...when I buy a rifle it takes like f*cking 24 hours." Also in this conversation, Abdullahu says, "yo, let's buy a high power rifle, with a f*cking nice scope." Eljvir Duka replies, "I wanna train sniper." Then, when Dritan Duka asks, "you think that we are terrorists?", Abdullahu responds, "maybe we are terrorists, you don't know." At another point, Eljvir Duka states, "we need a Taliban ruler" in Albania.

- Exhibit: February 1, 2007 Recorded Conversation (Added 3/26/08) In this conversation, recorded by the FBI, Eljvir Duka asks whether it would be possible to "hit the American soldiers in Iraq" with a certain weapon; his brother, Dritan Duka, answers, "from a mile away." The men then talk about shooting George Bush: "Do you think I can stand far enough from the White House? Do you think I can hit George Bush..." Later, the men claim that American casualties in Iraq have been dramatically understated and the U.S. media cannot be trusted because, in the words of Agron Abdullahu, "it's all controlled by...the Jews." Dritan Duka reports that he and his brother "look everywhere" for news from the mujahideen in Iraq and believe that 40,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed. He argues, "I have seen 3,000 just killed by only...[one] sniper." Turning to the progress of the Taliban, Dritan says, "the Taliban are doing great and I give you glad tidings that we are winning the war."

- Exhibit: February 6, 2007 Recorded Conversation (Added 3/26/08) Agron Abdullahu displayed a strong interest in explosives. During interviews with federal agents, he detailed how “he has used gun powder to blow up logs in his back yard.” He “explained that he ignited the gun powder with a fusing system that incorporated an extension cord and a ‘lighter-wire’ that he placed into an electrical socket which heated the lighterwire which, in turn, ignited the gun powder.” And during a February 2007 trip to the Poconos, Abdullahu discussed explosives with members of the group; in this conversation, recorded by the FBI, Abdullahu brags that he "can break into Home Depot and make a f*cking biggest bomb..." He also points out that "you can make a bomb out of f*cking legal f*cking ammonia." Nonetheless, he claims that "knowledge is power" and he does not "want to use it for the wrong reasons."

- DOJ Press Release on Abdullahu Sentencing (Added 3/31/08) A federal judge sentenced Agron Abdullahu to 20 months in federal prison for conspiring to provide firearms and ammunition to illegal aliens involved in an alleged conspiracy to attack the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey. Advisory Sentencing Guidelines called for a sentence of 12 to 18 months, but federal prosecutors had argued that "Abdullahu was providing firearms to persons who expressed their devotion to jihad...Abdullahu knew or should have known that the Dukas and [Mohamad] Shnewer were using Abdullahu’s firearms to prepare themselves to commit violent crimes against Americans or American interests."

- Search Warrant Affidavit - 2100 Tremont Street, Apartment C-14, Philadelphia, PA (Serdar Tatar's Residence) (Added 7/19/08) In this document, FBI Special Agent John J. Ryan explains that Tatar and his coconspirators "have expressed their intent to engage in armed paramilitary style attacks on government facilities in New Jersey and elsewhere."

- Search Warrant Inventory - 2100 Tremont Street, Apartment C-14, Philadelphia, PA (Serdar Tatar's Residence) (Added 7/19/08) This document lists what federal agents seized from Tatar's residence.

- FBI 302: May 9, 2007 (Added 7/19/08) This FBI document summarizes the events of May 7, 2007, when federal agents raided Serdar Tatar's residence.

- Search Warrant Photos - Tatar's Residence (Added 7/19/08) These photos were taken during the search of Serdar Tatar's residence. .50 caliber bullets can be seen.

- FBI 302: July 31, 2006 (Added 7/19/08) This FBI report describes agents' interactions with one of the informants.

- FBI 302: January 6, 2006 (Added 7/19/08) Philadelphia police officer Sean Dandridge told FBI agents that Serdar Tatar approached him at a 7/11 and claimed that a man from his mosque had asked him to provide a map of Fort Dix. He claimed he "feared that the purpose for the map was terrorist related." In a prior court filing, federal prosecutors described this as "a possible effort to determine whether CW-1 [Omar] was a law  enforcement officer..."

- FBI 302: January 7, 2006 (Added 7/19/08) Interviewed by the FBI, Serdar Tatar described his contact with the informant, Omar, and Omar's request for a map of Fort Dix.

- FBI 302: March 21, 2007 (Added 7/19/08) Philadelphia police officer Sean Dandridge told FBI agents that he had spoken with Serdar Tatar about "employment opportunities with the Philadelphia Police Department, Nassau County, NY Police Department and Temple University Police Department."

- DOJ Letter to Troy Archie (Added 7/19/08) According to this filing, "two hard drives located at the residence of Eljvir Duka and Shain Duka may contain suspected child pornography."

- U.S. Government's Opposition to Strike Alleged Surplusage from the Superseding Indictment (Added 7/19/08) Challenging the defendants' motion to strike language in the superseding indictment regarding their "associations with the jihadist teachings of al Qaeda and other radical Islamist organizations," DOJ wrote that, "jihadist principles...caused the defendants to undertake the criminal conduct charged in this case." The filing also reveals that "on August 1, 2006, Shnewer quoted Usama Bin Laden as saying that the imprisonment of Omar Abdul Rahman must be avenged." Moreover, "Shnewer told CW-1 that Shnewer owned a .357 magnum revolver, and had considered camping near the 'Black House' [i.e., White House] in an attempt to assassinate President Bush." And, "while conducting the surveillance of the Air Force Base on August 13, Shnewer told CW-1 that Shnewer was formulating an attack in which the conspirators would hijack a gasoline tanker truck, drive it onto a military base, crash it, and cause it to explode. This was not Shnewer’s original idea: one of the videos recovered from his computer showed just such an attack in Iraq."

- United States' Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion in Limine to Admit Evidence A) Mohamad Shnewer's Conversations Regarding Violent Attacks on Various Civilian Federal Facilities and B) Dritan Duka's Efforts to Obtain an AK-47 Machine Gun (Added 9/20/08) Federal prosecutors have revealed that Mohamad Shnewer, indicted in New Jersey for his role in an alleged conspiracy to attack Fort Dix, also discussed carrying out attacks on various civilian federal facilities. In a court filing, DOJ wrote that Shnewer and an FBI informant (CW1) "discussed attacking federal government buildings in downtown Washington, D.C., including the White House, the United States Capitol Building, and the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Shnewer also discussed an attack on the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. Shnewer proposed to CW1 that the conspirators could pose as tourists in order to gain entry to the White House." Shnewer later "told CW1 that it would be easy to 'hit' the Philadelphia International Airport." Prosecutors added that "the...defendants understood that...a successful raid on Ft. Dix would confer greater prestige (in the eyes of their fellow jihadists) than an attack on a civilian target. It would also have a more powerful propaganda impact. After all, if the defendants could carry out a successful attack on a military base, how could people working in less protected environments feel safe in their own work places?"

- Exhibit: February 26, 2007 Recorded Conversation (Added 9/20/08) This recorded conversation provides evidence of the Duka's interest in procuring an AK-47 assault rifle.

- Exhibit: March 15, 2007 Recorded Conversation (Added 10/18/08) In this recorded conversation, Mahmoud Omar, Dritan Duka, and Burim Duka discuss AK-47 assault rifles.

- U.S. Government Memorandum of Law in Response to Defendant Shnewer's Motion in Limine to Suppress Beheading Videos and Scenes, and Anti-Semitic Comments by Defendants (Added 10/18/08) The U.S. government has filed a response objecting to Mohamed Shnewer's argument that beheading videos found on his laptop should not be admitted into court. The filing provides previously undisclosed details about those videos, revealing that one "bears the logo of Al-Qaeda in Iraq" and depicts the beheading of Jasim Muhammad Hussein Mahdi, who admitted fighting with the coalition. The beheadings of Nicholas Berg and Jack Hensley were also found on the computer. Shain and Eljvir Duka's computer contained an Ansar Al-Sunna Army that showed the beheading of two "spies" for the army. The government argued that "The evidence at issue here demonstrates that, in addition to videos of attacks on American soldiers, the defendants actively employed the beheading videos, which were produced by the same entities or aligned entities as those which produced the videos of attacks on soldiers, to further their jihadist-inspired crimes." Further, "the defendants’ downloading, viewing, sharing, and discussions of the beheading videos, accompanied by laughter and taunting, are highly relevant to their state of mind while discussing and plotting the charged crimes, and particularlytheir intent to commit those crimes."

- Exhibit: Recorded Conversations re: Beheading Videos (Added 10/18/08) The U.S. government entered into evidence a number of recorded conversations pertaining to the beheading videos. For instance, in a September 25, 2006 conversation Dritan Duka and cooperating witness Besnik "Bakalli discussed the beheading videos. Dritan asked Bakalli if he had seen 'the one with the beheading.' Bakalli replied that he had and asked Dritan why the beheading had occurred. Dritan replied, 'Because [the victims] were spies. . . . Those that work with Americans. Spies, they cut their heads.' When Bakalli told Dritan that he could not sleep after watching the video, Dritan responded that, at first, 'I couldn’t take it. Now I see it and it’s nothing, I do not care. I saw hundreds being beheaded.' Dritan explained that beheading was carried out routinely in Iraq, but admitted that he did not know if he could personally perform a beheading."

- Exhibit: Recorded Conversations re: Jews (Added 10/18/08) In a filing attached to this exhibit, DOJ writes that "although Shnewer occasionally railed against Jewish and Christian religious beliefs during the recorded conversations, the most probative remarks are those which demonstrate Shnewer’s and Eljvir Duka’s deep-seated hatred of Zionism, the political movement which espouses that the Jewish people are entitled to their own country in the area of historic Israel, their Biblical homeland. Read in context, Shnewer’s and Eljvir Duka’s anti-Zionist remarks are relevant to prove that at least part of their motivation to commit the charged crimes was their desire to 'avenge' the supposed crimes of Zionism against the Palestinian Arabs. Shnewer is himself a Palestinian Arab." In this conversation, "Shnewer recounted a conversation he supposedly had with a Jewish man who had suggested to Shnewer that Jews and Arabs could live in peace in the Middle East. According to Shnewer, he rebuked that man with charges that the Jews had stolen the Palestinians’ homeland during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, and had committed atrocities against Arabs, including cutting babies from the wombs of pregnant Arab women."

- Order Denying Motion to Suppress Beheading Videos and Scenes, and Anti-Semitic Comments xhibit: Recorded Conversations re: Jews (Added 10/18/08) A judge rejected defense efforts to suppress the beheading videos and anti-semitic comments.

- NEFA "Target: America" Report "The Fort Dix Plot"

• United States v. Mohamed Shorbagi (HLF donor; material support to Hamas)

- Criminal Information (Added 7/28/08) In August 2006, Mohamed Shorbagi was charged with providing material support to Hamas.

- Plea Agreement (Added 12/20/07) In October 2006, DOJ announced that Mohamed Shorbagi had pled guilty to providing material support to Hamas. According to DOJ, "SHORBAGI provided the support through donations to the 'Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development' (HLF), knowing that some or all of the money was in fact destined for HAMAS. SHORBAGI knew that money provided to HLF was actually funneled to HAMAS in part because he was a Georgia representative for HLF and he had attended HLF meetings at which high-level HAMAS officials made presentations condemning Israel. SHORBAGI also had hosted high-level HAMAS officials at the Rome, Georgia mosque at which he served as Imam."

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea (Added 12/20/07)

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 12/20/07) In February 2007, Shorbagi was sentenced to seven years, eight months in federal prison.

- (Ashqar/Marzook) U.S. Government Response to Defendant's Post-Trial Motions (Added 7/28/08) This filing in a Chicago terrorism case stated, "Ashqar’s links to and activities for Hamas reflecting his prior criminal conduct and his investigatory significance to the grand jury is further evidenced in the Hamas-related documents Ashqar transmitted to Mohammad Shorbagi that were admitted at trial. Shorbagi testified at trial to his own long time affiliation with Hamas that included providing money to a U.S.-based Hamas charity front for the specific purpose of financing Hamas military activities overseas.6 In the instant case, Shorbagi testified about secret Hamas-related sessions in the U.S. that he attended with, among others, defendant Ashqar. The main speakers at the sessions were Hamas leaders Khaled Misha’al and Mousa Abu Marzook. Both speakers promoted and solicited active support for the continuation of Hamas violent resistance against Israel. In August 1995, after Hamas had been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States, Ashqar used Shorbagi as an intermediary to pass a parcel containing archival Hamas materials through the U.S. mails to another Hamas associate. The parcel, (Gov. Trial Ex. Shorbagi Search Documents Group), contained copies of, among other items, Israeli confessions of Muhammad Salah and Mahmoud Ramahieh and Muhammad Jarad’s indictment and Israeli confession all of which Ashqar had collected and archived for Hamas in America."

• United States v. Adnan El Shukrijumah (Al-Qaida operative)

- FBI: Seeking Information (Added 7/31/08) The FBI is seeking information on Adnan El Shukrijumah, who "speaks English and carries a Guyanese passport, but may attempt to enter the United States with a Saudi, Canadian, or Trinidadian passport." He is wanted in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States.

- Rewards for Justice Page (Added 7/31/08) According to this document, "On March 26, 2003 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a Material Witness Warrant for his arrest."

- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Page (Added 7/31/08)

- Director of National Intelligence Information (Added 7/31/08) According to the DNI, "Jafar al-Tayyar was described by Abu Zubaydah who named him as one of the most likely individuals to be used by al-Qa'ida for operations in the United States or Europe. Other detainees added more details, helping us confirm that he is an al-Qa'ida operative and uncover his true name. As a result, a $5 million reward has been posted for information leading to the capture of Adnan El Shukrijumah, who remains at large."

- DOJ Briefing on Jose Padilla (Added 7/31/08) When presenting information on Jose Padilla, DOJ official James Comey discussed Shukrijumah as well, "Atef then sent Padilla to a training site near the Kandahar airport, where Padilla would train under the watchful eye of an al Qaeda explosives expert and be trained with a man who was to be his partner in this mission to destroy apartment buildings, another al Qaeda operative. When Padilla saw this other operative, he recognized him immediately because he had known him from Florida. Padilla and the other operative trained under the guidance of this explosives expert and learned about switches and circuits and timers. They learned how to seal an apartment to trap the natural gas and to prepare an explosion using that gas that would have maximum yield and destroy an apartment building. I told you that Padilla recognized this other al Qaeda expert who...was to be his partner, recognized him immediately...that other operative was Adnan Shukrijuma, also known as Jafar or Jafar the Pilot...Padilla and Jafar, though, could not get along. That personality conflict led them to abandon this operation, although only temporarily, after Padilla reported to Atef that he didn't think he could work with Jafar and he couldn't work this operation alone."

- Declaration of Jeffrey Rapp - Director Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism (Added 7/31/08) This document, filed in the Jose Padilla case, also includes information on the Padilla/Shurkijumah relationship.

- Transcript of FBI Released Video (Added 7/31/08) The FBI released a "videotape of Adnan G. El Shukrijumah giving a presentation regarding how to jump start a car for a class on 'English as a Second Language'. He is in a classroom, standing in front of a blackboard which shows drawings of two car batteries. He has a real set of jumper cables in the classroom for display." This is the transcript of the tape.

• United States v. Ruben Shumpert (Dealing in counterfeit currency; leader of Seattle-area group that supported jihad):

- Indictment: 2004 (Added 7/29/08) In November 2004, Ruben Shumpert (a.k.a. Amir Abdul Muhaimin) was indicted in Seattle for dealing in counterfeit U.S. currency.

- Shumpert Letter to Judge (Added 7/29/08) Shumpert wrote a 12 page letter to the judge in his case.

- U.S. Government Sentencing Memorandum (Added 7/29/08) DOJ provided background on the case in this filing: "This case began based on information that a group of men in the Rainier Valley in Seattle professed to be followers of the Muslim faith and spoke in bellicose terms using jihad rhetoric...the FBI initiated an investigation using confidential sources to form associations with the group members and to report their observations to the FBI...Fortunately, it was eventually determined that individuals in the group were unable or unwilling to engage in acts of terrorism. However, several individuals were indicted for bank fraud, others for document fraud, and still others for firearms violations. The defendant fell into the latter group." Further, "as the investigation unfolded, it became clear that the defendant fancied himself the leader of the group. He operated the Crescent Cuts Barber Shop..The shop served as a casual meeting place for the group and like-minded individuals, mostly African American men with criminal histories who had converted to Islam, either in prison or after contact later with prison converts. According to the FBI sources, the conversations at the barber shop often turned to militancy and the need to be ready for jihad against the 'kafir,' or non-believers. The acquisition of firearms was a frequent topic of conversation in that connection...Conversations in the defendant’s shop also featured open support for jihad, as well as the desire and duty of Muslims to travel to Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan to fight alongside their Muslim brothers. In addition, there were frequent derogatory references to Jews. Finally, the defendant maintained in his computer in the barbershop several jihad motivational DVDs which he encouraged others to view. If youngsters came in to play video games he would encourage them first to view the motivational DVDs. The subject matter of the DVDs included a glowing tribute to the '19 Martyrs,' referring to the 9-11 terrorists; a 'Dirty Kafir' rap song in which the performers urged 'jihad against the Crusaders,' 'send the U.S. home in body bags' and 'be prepared to fight the infidels;' six Chechen productions one of which showed the assembly of a roadside bomb and featuring very graphic film of mangled corpses; and other DVDs urging the massacre of 'unclean unbelievers,' graphic footage of pro-Palestinian propaganda entitled 'Ideal Terrorism,' and other DVDs which encouraged killing of 'kafir,' meaning those who are not Muslims. Moreover, the sources reported that the defendant encouraged an atmosphere of violence to pervade the barber shop. Anyone who disagreed with the defendant were threatened and intimidated. In one instance, a man and his wife, who were the owners of a restaurant located below the second story barber shop, were assaulted by thugs incited by the defendant because they were not perceived to be 'good Muslims.' Another individual reported that the defendant twice beat him up for an imagined slight. The defendant in his leadership role maintained contacts with local gangs such as the Deuce 8' s and the United Latinos."

- Complaint (Added 7/29/08) After Shumpert pled guilty to dealing in counterfeit U.S. currency in September 2006, he fled to Somalia. He called an FBI Special Agent investigating his case and made "veiled threats" on his life. Robert Walby wrote that Shumpert said "that he and I were in a battle and that we were sworn enemies from this day forward. He then added that he and his Muslim associates would destroy everything the United States stood for."

- Indictment: 2006 (Added 7/29/08) In November 2006, Shumpert was indicted for fleeing the country.

• United States v. Aafia Siddiqui (Al-Qaida facilitator; Attempted murder of U.S. officers):

- Complaint (Added 8/5/08) Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani who studied at MIT and Brandeis, was allegedly arrested on July 17, 2008, by the Afghanistan National Police outside the Ghazni governor's compound. When she was searched, "they found numerous documents describing the creation of explosives, as well as excerpts from the Anarchist's Arsenal. Siddiqui's papers included descriptions of various landmarks in the United States, including in New York City. Siddiqui was also in possession of substances that were sealed in bottles and glass jars." While in custody, Siddiqui seized a U.S. Warrant Officer's M-4 rifle and fired at least two shots at U.S. military personnel but no one was hit. As DOJ explained, "the Warrant Officer returned fire with a 9 mm service pistol and fired approximately two rounds at Siddiqui's torso, hitting her at least once." Siddiqui is charged in a criminal Complaint filed in the Southern District of New York with one count of attempting to kill United States officers and employees and one count of assaulting United States officers and employees.

- DOJ Press Release on Complaint (Added 8/5/08)

- Indictment (Added 9/2/08) Aafia Siddiqui has been indicted in New York and charged with: (1) one count of attempting to kill United States nationals outside the United States; (2) one count of attempting to kill United States officers and employees; (3) one count of armed assault of United States officers and employees; (4) one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; and (5) three counts of assault of United States officers and employees. According to DOJ, Siddiqui "resided in the United States from in or about 1991 until June 2002, and obtained degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brandeis University. Siddiqui returned to the United States on December 25, 2002, and departed on January 2, 2003."

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 9/2/08)

- DOJ Filing Re: Mental Competency (Added 9/25/08) In a filing in federal court, prosecutors in the Aafia Siddiqui case wrote that "there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant may be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering her incompetent to enter a plea or stand trial." Thus, the U.S. government requested a psychiatric examination for Siddiqui, which the judge has granted.

- Ruling: Siddiqui Unfit for Trial (Added 11/17/08) Mental health personnel at a federal facility in Carswell, Texas concluded that Aafia Siddiqui, charged in New York with attempting to kill United States officers and employees, “is not currently competent to proceed as a result of her mental disease, which renders her unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against her or to assist properly in her defense.”

- U.S. Government Psychiatrists: Siddiqui is Fit for Trial (Added 3/28/09) DOJ filed a letter in New York federal court revealing that two psychiatrists retained by the U.S. government concluded that “Aafia Siddiqui presently is competent to stand trial.” One psychiatrist noted that Siddiqui’s “‘lack of cooperation’ in the evaluation process ‘is volitional and not a symptom of mental illness.’ Rather it is consistent with malingering.’” The other wrote that Siddiqui “has most likely fabricated reported psychiatric symptoms to give credibility to her claims that she suffers from a mental disorder.” Further, Siddiqui’s “malingered symptoms have provided a dual solution in that a finding of incompentency could serve to both prevent prosecution while at the same time facilitating rapid repatriation.”

- FBI: Seeking Information (Added 7/29/08) The FBI released this poster, seeking information on Siddiqui, who was born March 2, 1972. Siddiqui has yet to be charged in the U.S. She is Pakistani and studied at MIT and Brandeis.

- Special Court for Sierra Leone: Office of the Prosecutor: Profile (Added 7/29/08) Siddiqui was allegedly involved in evaluating the possibility of purchasing diamonds in Sierra Leone.

- DOJ Press Release re: Uzair Paracha Conviction (Added 7/29/08) Announcing the conviction of Uzair Paracha on terrorism charges following his trial in New York, federal prosecutors stated, "On March 28, 2003, agents and detectives of the New York Joint Terrorist Task Force located and interviewed Paracha extensively regarding his connections to [Majid] Khan and ['Ammar] Al-Baluchi, and his efforts to assist them. Task Force members subsequently found in Paracha's belongings a number of identification documents belonging to Khan, including Khan’s drivers license, Khan’s Social Security card, Khan’s bank card, and a handwritten list of instructions from Khan directing Paracha on how to pose as Khan when making inquiries with the INS. Also in Paracha's possession was a key to a post office box opened in Khan’s name by Aafia Siddiqui in Maryland, which Paracha was to check to see if Khan’s immigration documents had been delivered."

- Director of National Intelligence Biography of Majid Khan (Added 7/29/08) The Director of National Intelligence asserted that Majid Khan, currently held at Guantanamo Bay, "had links to al-Qa'ida operatives and facilitators, most notably, Aafia Siddique, a US-educated neuroscientist and al-Qa'ida facilitator, who assisted Majid with documents to hide his travel to Pakistan from US authorities to reenter the United States."

- Director of National Intelligence Biography of 'Ammar al-Baluchi (Added 7/29/08) The Director of National Intelligence reported that in 2002, 'Ammar al-Baluchi, currently held at Guantanamo Bay, "directed Aafia Siddiqui - a US-educated neuroscientist and al-Qa'ida facilitator - to travel to the United States to prepare paperwork to ease Majid Khan's deployment to the United States. 'Ammar married Siddiqui shortly before his detention."

- Testimony of Paul Rosenzweig Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law (Added 7/29/08) Paul Rosenzweig, then-Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law about "an alien who was a former board member, fundraiser, and donor to the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF), whose associates in the United States included Aafia Siddiqui (placed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Terrorists list after 9/11 for assisting Al Qaeda), as well as members of the 'Portland 7,'..."

- CARE International Filing (Added 7/29/08) Prosecutors in the case against former CARE International officials wrote, "Aafia Siddiqui - One of Muntasser's contemporaries, an individual who also participated in Al Kifah/Care’s orphan sponsorship program, is currently one of the most sought people in the world. [Ex. 286 p.8 (Automatic Withdrawal records of Care International entitled Al-Kifah Refugee Center November 23, 1993); Sentencing Exhibit P (FBI Seeking Information Notice)]."

- Dr. Leslie Powers Evaluation: November 2008 (Added 7/20/09) In this November 2008 report, Dr. Leslie Powers concluded that “Siddiqui is not currently competent to proceed as a result of her mental disease, which renders her unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against her or to assist properly in her defense.” 

- Dr. Leslie Powers Evaluation: May 2009 (Added 7/20/09) In this May 2009 report, Dr. Leslie Powers concluded that “Based on a review of this case, it is my opinion that Ms. Siddiqui currently meets the diagnostic criteria for Malingering”, which “is the intentional production of or grossly exaggerated psychological symptoms motivated by external incentives such as evading criminal prosecution.” Thus, in her opinion, “Siddiqui is currently competent to stand trial.” Notably, Siddiqui “gave some indication of her whereabouts” from 2003 until her arrest in 2008 when she was interviewed by the FBI: “In 2005, she reported living with the Khawaja family and working at the Karachi Institute of Technology. In the Winter of 2007, she reported an attempt to look for her husband in Afghanistan and staying in Quetta…Mohammad Amjad Khan, Ms. Siddiqui’s ex-husband, reported seeing either Ms. Siddiqui or their children on several occasions in 2003, 2004, and 2005...While her accounts of her times are incomplete, her statements and other facts gathered seem to corroborate that she was not held captive from 2003 until 2008.”

- Dr. Gregory Saathoff Evaluation (Added 7/20/09) In this March 2009 report, Dr. Gregory Saathoff concluded that “Siddiqui is competent to stand trial and does not suffer from any mental illness that would preclude her from assisting her attorneys, should she desire to do so…I am in agreement with her treating psychiatrist and evaluating psychologist that she has most likely fabricated reported psychiatric symptoms to give credibility to her claims that she suffers from a mental disorder.” This report also contains significant biographical information about Siddiqui.

- Dr. Thomas Kucharski Evaluation (Added 7/20/09) Dr. Thomas Kucharski determined that Siddiqui “presents with a delusional disorder paranoid type and significant depression” and is thus “not competent to stand trial.” Further, “she believes that the outcome of her trial is predetermined, that she will get the death penalty and… there is no need to go to trial or work with her attorneys in her defense because of this predetermination.” Siddiqui refused to disclose her whereabouts for the five year period prior to her arrest in the evaluation.

- Opinion: Siddiqui Competent to Stand Trial (Added 7/30/09) In a ruling in New York federal court, Judge Richard Berman determined that Aafia Siddiqui “is competent to stand trial by a preponderance of the evidence. Dr. Siddiqui has sufficient present ability to consult with her lawyers with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and she also has a rational as well as a factual understanding of the proceedings against her. The Court concludes that she understands the nature of the charges and can assist counsel with her defense.”

• United States v. Shahawar Matin Siraj & James Elshafay (Herald Square subway plot):

- Superseding Indictment (Added 12/20/07) This superseding indictment, filed in Brooklyn federal court in March 2006, alleged that Siraj conspired to bomb the Herald Square subway station in Manhattan.

- DOJ Press Release on Siraj Conviction (Added 12/20/07) In May 2006, Siraj was convicted of conspiring to plant explosives at the 34th street subway station. His coconspirator James Elshafay pled guilty in October 2004 to conspiring to damage or destroy a subway station by means of an explosive. DOJ stated, "At trial, the government established that SIRAJ and Elshafay plotted to plant explosive devices at the Herald Square subway station in order to disrupt commerce and transportation in New York City and damage the economy. The jury heard hours of secretly recorded conversations between SIRAJ and Osama Eldawoody, an Egyptian nuclear engineer who became a paid informant for the New York City Police Department’s Intelligence Division, in which SIRAJ declared his hatred for America and openly discussed his desire to place explosives on various bridges and in subway stations in New York City, including his plan to bomb the subway station at 34th Street. In furtherance of their scheme, SIRAJ and Elshafay drove to the subway station on August 21, 2004, entered and inspected the station, and then returned to their car and drew diagrams of the location in order to help them later place a bomb. At the time they were arrested on August 27, 2004 neither SIRAJ nor Elshafay was in possession of any explosive material."

- DOJ Press Release on Siraj Sentencing (Added 12/19/07) In January 2007, Siraj received a thirty year prison sentence.

- Second Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion (Added 7/20/08) The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Shahawar Matin Siraj, who was sentenced to thirty years in prison in January 2007 for conspiring to plant explosives at the 34th street subway station in Manhattan. Details of the plot are outlined in the NEFA "Target: America" report "The Herald Square Plot."

- NEFA Foundation "Target: America" Report "The Herald Square Plot"

• United States v. Riad Skaff (O'Hare employee; Bulk cash and military gear smuggling)

- Complaint (Added 7/10/08) Riad Skaff, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon, "was employed by Sunline Services ('Sunline'), a subcontractor for Air France, at O’Hare International Terminal 5 from 1999, until his arrest on January 28, 2007. Defendant worked as a ground services coordinator for Air France, was assigned an active airport security badge and was allowed full access to all secure areas of Terminal 5...In 2005, an ICE undercover agent ('UCA') was introduced to defendant as someone who worked for Air France and could arrange for the smuggling of large amounts of cash onto international Air France flights for a fee." According to DOJ, "in December 2005, Skaff accepted $6,000 from the undercover agent to circumvent airport security to help smuggle $100,000 in cash, along with a military-grade cellular phone jammer, aboard an Air France flight to Paris. In November 2006, Skaff accepted $15,000 from the undercover agent to route $271,000 in cash past airport security so it could be smuggled aboard an Air France flight to Paris. In January 2007, Skaff accepted $5,000 from the undercover agent to bring a bag containing four night vision rifle scopes and two military night vision goggles past airport security to be smuggled aboard an Air France flight to Paris."

- Indictment (Added 7/10/08) In February 2007, Skaff was indicted on nine counts for bulk cash smuggling; entering an aircraft and airport area in violation of applicable security requirements with the intent to commit a felony; exporting and attempted export of defense articles without first obtaining a required export license from the State Department; and attempted international export of merchandise, articles, and objects contrary to U.S. law.

- Sentencing Memorandum (Added 7/10/08) Federal prosecutors wrote that "the smuggling of those prohibited defense items, knowing they were destined for Lebanon, a war-torn country besieged by the militant terrorist organization, Hezbollah, clearly posed a significant threat to the security and foreign policy interests of
the United States."

- Declaration of Colonel Kevin McDonnell (Added 7/10/08) McDonnell, Director of the Washington Office of Special Operations Command, stated that "one of the most significant advantages of our military is its ability to effectively maneuver and fight at night." He added that "the particular night vision equipment at issue in this case...are the type of equipment which Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations seek and which we must keep out of their hands."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 7/10/08) Skaff was sentenced to two years in prison in July 2008.

• United States v. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi (Dallas bomb plot):

- Complaint (Added 9/27/09) In September 2009, Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a 19 year old Jordanian citizen who was in the U.S. illegally, was arrested and charged after he placed an inert/inactive car bomb near Fountain Place, a 60-story glass office tower in downtown Dallas. According to DOJ, “Smadi was discovered by the FBI espousing his desire to commit significant acts of violence. Smadi stood out because of his vehement intention to actually conduct terror attacks in the U.S…Undercover FBI agents, posing as members of an al Qaeda ‘sleeper’ cell, were introduced to Smadi, who repeatedly indicated to them that he came to the U.S. for the specific purpose of committing ‘Jihad for the sake of God.’…The investigation determined Smadi was not associated with other terrorist organizations.” DOJ continued, “Throughout the investigation, undercover FBI agents repeatedly encouraged Smadi to reevaluate his interpretation of jihad, counseling him that the obligations a Moslem has to perform jihad can be satisfied in many ways. Every time this interaction occurred, Smadi aggressively responded that he was going to commit significant, conspicuous acts of violence as his jihad.” Then, “In late August 2009, while meeting with one of the undercover FBI agents in Dallas, Smadi discussed the logistics and timing of the bombing, stating that he would have preferred to do the attack on ‘11 September,’ but decided to wait until after the month of Ramadan, which ended on September 20, 2009. At the conclusion of the meeting, Smadi decided that a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) would be placed at the foundation of the Fountain Place office tower. Unbeknownst to Smadi, the FBI ensured the VBIED contained only an inert/inactive explosive device which contained no explosive materials.”

- DOJ Press Release on Complaint (Added 9/25/09)

- Indictment (Added 10/14/09) Hosam Maher Husein Smadi has been indicted by a Texas grand jury in connection with his attempt to bomb a skyscraper in downtown Dallas. He was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use after he activated a timer connected to an inert vehicle borne improvised explosive device located inside a parking garage directly beneath a public building located at 1445 Ross Avenue on September 24, 2009.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 10/14/09)

• United States v. Nabil Soliman (Sadat assassination; Muslim Brotherhood member):

- Testimony of Former INS Commissioner James Ziglar Before the 9/11 Commission on Deportation (Added 4/19/08) According to former INS Commissioner James Ziglar, "on June 12, 2002, Nabil Soliman was removed to Egypt after apprehension and removal proceedings undertaken by the INS. Soliman was suspected of active participation in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The Government of Egypt had sought Soliman for over 17 years as a result of his 1984 conviction in absentia for his part in the crime. Soliman was believed to be a member of the radical fundamentalist group, the Muslim Brotherhood."

• United States v. Ali Al-Timimi ("Paintball jihadis'" spiritual mentor; soliciting others to wage war against the U.S.):

- Indictment (Added 12/20/07) Al-Timimi, a Virginia imam and the spiritual mentor of the "paintball jihadis", was indicted on a number of charges, including soliciting others to wage war against the United States and attempting to aid the Taliban. DOJ alleged that on September 16, 2001, at a meeting in Fairfax, Virginia, he told a number of his followers that "the time had come for them to go abroad to join the mujahideen engaged in violent jihad in Afghanistan." He also "told the gathered individuals considering whether to obtain military-style training from Lashkar-e- Taiba in Pakistan that the organization was on the correct path." A number of those followers, who have since been convicted on terrorism charges, proceeded to travel to Pakistan to attend Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps. 

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction (Added 12/20/07) In April 2005, Al-Timimi was convicted on an array of counts, including soliciting others to wage war against the United States. NEFA Senior Investigator Evan Kohlmann testified as an expert witness in this trial.

- Article Celebrating the Crash of the Space Shuttle Columbia (Added 8/18/09) In this article, Al-Timimi glorified the crash of the United States Space Shuttle Columbia as a sign from God that “overjoyed” the “heart of each believer” and signaled the end of American supremacy. According to declassified conversations intercepted pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ('FISA') which were introduced at his trial, Al-Timimi contacted indicted former Al-Haramain official Soliman Al-Buthe to obtain Al-Buthe’s assistance in editing and publishing this article.

• United States v. Zeinab Taleb-Jedi (Attended a Mujahedin-e Khalq training camp):

- Indictment (Added 4/9/08) Taleb-Jedi, a United States citizen, was indicted in Brooklyn, New York in September 2006 on federal charges of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), by attending a MEK training camp in Iraq in 1999. According to DOJ, "during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taleb-Jedi was discovered by coalition forces in an MEK training camp called Ashraf Base, which is 65 kilometers northwest of Baghdad. The MEK, also known as the People's Mujahedin of Iran, was first designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department in 1997."

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 4/9/08) 

- Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Mark Broihier (Added 4/9/08) This document, citing interviews with a confidential informant, asserts that Taleb-Jedi was a member of the MEK's military leadership council.

- ACLU Brief in Support of Defendant (Added 4/9/08) The ACLU writes that "Ms. Taleb-Jedi’s indictment is fatally flawed under the First and Fifth Amendments because: (i) the statutory scheme under which she is charged does not require the government to show she had specific intent to engage in illegal activity, and (ii) the statutory scheme prohibits her from challenging the designation of MEK as an FTO, even though, but for the designation, her activity would be lawful and protected by the First Amendment."

• United States v. Ernest James Ujaama (Material support to Al-Qaida):

- Indictment In August 2002, a Washington court indicted Ujaama, a U.S. citizen, for conspiring to provide material support to Al-Qaida. According to the indictment, "the purpose of the conspiracy was to offer and provide facilities in the United States of America for training of persons interested in violent jihad; to provide safe houses in the United States of America for the conspirators; to recruit persons interested in violent jihad and jihad training; to provide actual training of such persons in firearms, military and related activities..." Ujaama, who "advised others that he...had attended violent jihad training camps," proposed setting up a training camp in Bly, Oregon; in 1999, convicted terrorist Abu Hamza al-Masri sent two Al-Qaida operatives, Oussama Kassir and Haroon Aswat, to evaluate the property. Ujaama also worked as the web designer and an operator of the Supporters of Shariah (SOS) website, which al-Masri "used...to advocate violent jihad against the United States of America and other Western nations."

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea In April 2003, DOJ announced that Ujaama had pled guilty to conspiring to provide goods and services to the Taliban. The press release states that in late 2000, "Ujaama entered Afghanistan with the assistance of Taliban officials and installed software programs that he had brought with him on computers belonging to Taliban officials...Ujaama also admits that beginning in the spring of 2000, he participated in the operation of the Supporters of Shariah website, on which he posted information urging others to donate money, goods and services to Taliban-sponsored programs."

- Plea Agreement Ujaama was sentenced to two years in prison on the condition that he would continue to cooperate with ongoing terrorism investigations.

- Revocation of Plea Agreement In August 2007, a judge revoked Ujaama's plea agreement because he made false statements to a federal officer and left the U.S. in December 2006. He was arrested in December 2006 in Belize, which he had entered using a Mexican passport.

- Exhibit: Photo of Bly, Oregon Ranch (Added 10/22/09) This photo depicts the Bly, Oregon Ranch where James Ujaama attempted to establish a jihad camp.

• United States v. Ahmed Hassan Al-Uqaily (Weapons possession; spoke of "going jihad"):

- DOJ Press Release on Arrest (Added 4/19/08) In October 2004, the Department of Justice announced that "Ahmed Hassan Al-Uqaily, 33, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested in Nashville...after taking possession of two disassembled machine guns and four disassembled hand grenades, along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, from an undercover agent working with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force." DOJ noted that "Al-Uqaily told the individual during the August meeting that he was angry about the state of affairs in Iraq, that he was 'going Jihad' and that he was going to blow up something." Additionally, "Al-Uqaily, responding to an inquiry about where he would go on the mission he spoke of previously, allegedly expressed animosity towards the Jewish community. Discussion ensued about two Jewish facilities in the Nashville area, but Al-Uqaily gave no indication of specific plans in connection with those facilities..."

- Government's Sentencing Memo (Added 4/19/08) Pursuant to the plea agreement, the government recommended a sentence of 57 month

- Judgment (Added 4/19/08) Al-Uqaily pled guilty to weapons charges and was sentenced to 57 months in prison.

• United States v. Bryant Neal Vinas (Providing material support to Al-Qaida):

- Indictment (Added 7/23/09) In July 2009, DOJ unsealed charges against Bryant Neal Vinas (a.k.a. "Ibrahim", "Bashir al-Ameriki", and "Ben Yameen al-Kanadee"), a Latino American from Long Island, New York who traveled to an Al-Qaida traning camp in Pakistan and met Al-Qaida operations chiefs. This indictment, originally filed in November 2008, charged that Vinas "together with others, within the jurisdiction of the United States, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to commit one or more acts outside the United States that would constiute the offenses of murder and maiming..."

- Superseding Indictment (Added 7/23/09) In January 2009, a superseding indictment charged that "in or about September 2008, the defendant...together with others, attempted a rocket attack against a United States military base in Afghanistan." Moreoever, he provided "expert advice and assistance, including assistance derived from specialized knowledge of the New York transit system and Long Island Railroad, communications equipment and personnel" to Al-Qaida. He pled guilty the same month. This Los Angeles Times article provides additional background.

- Transcript of Guilty Plea (Added 7/24/09) In pleading guilty to the January 2009 superseding indictment, Vinas stated, "In the fall of 2007, I left my home in Long Island to travel to Pakistan with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight American soldiers in Afghanistan. When I arrived in Pakistan, I made contact with and was accepted into al-Qaeda...As a member of al-Qaeda, I received training in courses in general combat and explosives. During my time in al-Qaeda, I took part, at the direction of al-Qaeda leaders, in two missions in September 2008 in which we agreed and planned to attack a United States military base near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The first attack failed and we had to abort the mission before firing on the base, but a few days later, I took part in firing rockets at an American military base. Although we intended to hit the military base and kill American soldiers, I was informed that the rockets missed and the attack failed. Finally, during my time with al-Qaeda, I consulted with a senior al-Qaeda leader and provided detailed information about the operation of the Long Island Rail Road system which I knew because I had ridden the railroad on many occasions. The purpose of providing this information was to help plan a bottom attack of the Long Island Rail Road system."

• United States v. Laura Wang-Woodford & Brian Woodford (Exporting controlled parts to Iran):

- Indictment (Added 3/15/09) In December 2007, U.S. authorities arrested Laura Wang-Woodford, "a U.S. citizen who served as the director of Monarch Aviation Pte, Ltd. ('Monarch'), a Singapore company that has imported and exported military and commercial aircraft components for more than 16 years. "Wang-Woodford and her husband Brian D. Woodford, a U.K. citizen who served as chairman and managing director of Monarch, were charged in a 20-count indictment returned in the Eastern District of New York on January 15, 2003. Brian Woodford remains a fugitive." According to DOJ, "between January 1998 and February 2000, the defendants exported controlled U.S. commercial aircraft parts from the United States to Monarch in Singapore and then re-exported those items to a company in Tehran, Iran, without obtaining the required U.S. government licenses. As part of the charged conspiracy, the defendants falsely listed Monarch in Singapore as the ultimate recipient of the parts on export documents filed with the U.S. government. The aircraft parts allegedly exported to Iran include aircraft shields, shears, 'o' rings, and switch assemblies."

- Superseding Indictment (Added 3/15/09)

- DOJ Press Release on Arraignment (Added 3/15/09)

- Government Exhibit A (Added 3/15/09) According to DOJ, at the time of Wang-Woodford's arrest, she "possessed catalogues from a Chinese company, the China National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation ('CPMIEC'), containing advertisements for military technology and weaponry. The products advertised included surface-to-air missile systems and rocket launchers. CPMIEC has been sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control, based, in part, on CPMIEC’s history of selling military hardware to Iran. All United States persons and entities are prohibited from engaging in business with CPMIEC."

- Government Exhibit B (Added 3/15/09)

- Government Exhibit C (Added 3/15/09)

- Government Exhibit E (Added 3/15/09)

- Government Exhibit F (Added 3/15/09)

- Government Exhibit G (Added 3/15/09)

- Government Exhibit H (Added 3/15/09)

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea: Wang-Woodford (Added 3/15/09) In March 2009, Wang-Woodford pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court to conspiring to violate the U.S. trade embargo by exporting controlled aircraft components to Iran.

- US_v_Wang-Woodford_dojprsent (Added 11/10//09) In November 2009, Wang-Woodford was sentenced to 46 months in prison.

• United States v. Mohammed Warsame (Material support to Al-Qaida):

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 3/27/08) In August 2004, federal prosecutors in Minnesota indicted Mohammed Abdullah Warsame for conspiring to provide material support to Al-Qaida.

- Affidavit of NYPD Detective Terrence McGhee (Added 3/27/08) McGhee, an NYPD Detective assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, wrote, "on or about December 8, 2003, FBI agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, approached an individual whom they had previously identified as Mohammed Abdullah Warsame. After being approached, Warsame voluntarily agreed to speak with the FBI agents, and was subsequently interviewed by them. During this interview, Warsame admitted that he was Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, and that he had also used the alias 'Abu Maryam' in connection with his attendance at a training camp at which Usama bin Laden was present in Afghanistan during 2000 and 2001."

- Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Kiann Vandenover (Added 5/21/09) According to this document, "Warsame was born in Mogadishu, Somali, on August 12, 1973. The defendant claimed to have left Somalia in 1989 and sought refugee status in Canada. The defendant resided in Toronto, Canada and became a naturalized citizen of Canada after 4-5 years. The defendant moved to Minneapolis fiom Canada in 2002 and is now a lawll permanent resident of the United States. Currently, the defendant is not employed but was a student at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The defendant lived in a rental apartment in Minneapolis."

- Superseding Indictment (Added 5/21/09) A superseding indictment unsealed in June 2005 added one count of providing material support to Al-Qaida and three counts of making false statements to the FBI. The U.S. government notes, "Warsame provided false statements to the FBI when he claimed that since 1995 he had traveled only to Saudi Arabia and Somalia. However, from 2000 through 2001, Warsame actually traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan to attend military training camps and participate in combat. He also made false statements about his frequent contact with associates he met while attending military training camps in Afghanistan. These associates have since relocated to Canada, Pakistan and elsewhere throughout the world. Warsame was also charged with making a false statement regarding his financial support of associates he met while attending military training camps, omitting his collection and transfer of about $2,000 to an associate in Pakistan."

- ICE Press Release on Superseding Indictment (Added 3/27/08)

- Prosecution's Post-Hearing Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Suppress Statements (Added 3/27/08) The government points out that "after the defendant was repeatedly told that he was not under arrest, he readily participated until the termination of the interview. The defendant repeatedly confirmed his understanding that he was not under arrest, both orally and in writing, and in fact his freedom was not involuntarily curtailed in any fashion that is associated with arrest."

- Memorandum Opinion Denying Motion to Dismiss Counts 1 and 2 of the Superceding Indictment (Added 3/27/08) In March 2008, a federal judge denied Warsame's motion to dismiss the first two counts in the superceding indictment. The document also reveals that the "prosecution alleges that Warsame provided English lessons in an Al Qaeda clinic in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in part to assist nurses in reading English-language medicine labels. According to the prosecution, the nurses in the clinic attended to Al Qaeda members who were participating in nearby terrorist training camps."

- DOJ Press Release on Guilty Plea (Added 5/21/09) In May 2009, Mohammed Abdullah Warsame pled guilty in Minnesota federal court to conspiring to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaida. Other charges against Warsame will be dismissed. According to the plea agreement, "from about March 2000 through at least December 2003, Warsame conspired with others to provide material support to al-Qaeda in the form of personnel, training and currency. Specifically, in March of 2000, Warsame traveled to Afghanistan where he attended an al-Qaeda training camp outside Kabul. In the summer of 2000, he then traveled to the al Faruq training camp, where he received further training and met Osama Bin Laden. Warsame subsequently worked at an al-Qaeda guesthouse and clinic. According to the plea agreement, in late March 2001, Warsame traveled from Pakistan via London to Canada. After leaving Pakistan, Warsame established email contacts with several al-Qaeda associates that he had met in Afghanistan. In addition, he sent money to one of his former training camp commanders. Warsame then relocated to Minneapolis. Throughout 2002 and 2003, he continued to exchange email messages with, and provide information to, several individuals associated with al-Qaeda." He faces up to 15 years in prison and will be deported to Canada after he serves his sentence.

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing (Added 7/13/09) A Minnesota federal judge sentenced Mohammed Abdullah Warsame to 92 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaida. Warsame attended an Al-Qaida training camp and, when living in Minneapolis in 2002 and 2003, he exchanged "e-mail messages with and provide[d] information to several individuals associated with Al-Qaida.

• United States v. Li Fang Wei et al. (Sending missile and nuclear technology to Iran):

- Indictment (Added 4/14/09) Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced an 118-count indictment of Li Fang Wei, a Chinese citizen, "and his company for charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to the Government of Iran. The Chinese company, known as LIMMT, is a major supplier of banned weapons material to the Iranian military." According to the Manhattan DA's office, after Treasury banned LIMMT in 2006 from engaging in transactions with or through the U.S. financial system, "Li Fang Wei and LIMMT used alias names and shell companies to continue LIMMT’s international business. Li Fang Wei and LIMMT’s purpose in doing so was to use fraud and deception to gain access to the U.S. financial system, to deceive U.S. and international authorities, and to continue the proliferation of banned weapons material to the Iranian military." 

- Manhattan DA's Office Press Release on Indictment (Added 4/14/09)

- Treasury Designation (Added 4/14/09) Treasury designated Wei and six Iranian entities under Executive Order 13382 for their connection to Iran's missile proliferation network. Additionally, Treasury identified eight aliases used by E.O. 13382 designee LIMMT Economic and Trade Company, Ltd. ("LIMMT") to circumvent sanctions.

• United States v. David Williams et al. (NYC synagogue & Stewart Air National Guard Base plot):

- Complaint (Added 5/20/09) Following a lengthy investigation, facilitated by a cooperating witness (CW) who infiltrated the conspiracy, the NY JTTF arrested James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laguerre Payen "on charges arising from a plot to detonate explosives near a synagogue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, and to shoot military planes located at the New York Air National Guard Base at Stewart Airport in Newburgh, New York, with Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles." According to the DOJ, the origins of the conspiracy can be traced to June 2008, when the CW, who had pled guilty to fraud charges in 2002, met Cromitie in Newburgh, NY, roughly 70 miles north of NYC. During that time, Cromitie explained that "his parents had lived in Afghanistan and that he was upset about the war there and that many Muslim people were being killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by the United States Military forces. Cromitie expressed interest in returning to Afghanistan and spoke to the CW about how if he, Cromitie, were to die a martyr, he would go to 'paradise.' Cromitie also expressed an interest in doing 'something to America.' The following month, Cromitie and the informant discussed the organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization based in Pakistan, with which the informant claimed to be involved. Cromitie stated to the informant that he, Cromitie, would be interested in joining Jaish-e-Mohammed to 'do jihad.'" During a November 2008 conversation, Cromitie discussed the best targets to hit in NY and commented, “the best target [the World Trade Center] was hit already.” Referencing a synagogue, he added, “I hate those motherf*ckers, those f*cking Jewish bastards…I would like to get [destroy] a synagogue.”

In support of the plot, on April 10, 2009, Cromitie, David Williams, and the CW “drove to the Bronx, New York, where Cromitie photographed several synagogues and a Jewish Community Center. In a reference to one of the Jewish community centers, located in the Riverdale Section of the Bronx, Cromitie explained that bombing this community center would be a ‘piece of cake.’”

On April 24, 2009, Cromitie, David Williams, and the CW “drove…around the area just outside the perimeter of the Air National Guard Base in search of a location from which they could shoot at military planes using the surface-to-air guided missile that the CW said he had obtained from Jaish-e-Mohammed. During this meeting, David Williams suggested the location, and used a digital camera to photograph the airfield and the military planes from this vantage point.”

On April 28, 2009, Cromitie, David Williams, and the CW attempted to “purchase several handguns for the Terrorist Operations…” Two days later they bought a 9 milimeter semiautomatic handgun.

On May 6, 2009, Cromitie, David Williams, and Payen "drove with the informant toward Stamford, Connecticut, to obtain what the defendants were told would be a surface-to-air guided missile system and three improvised explosive devices ('IEDs') containing C-4 plastic explosive material. The informant provided the defendants with a Stinger surface-to-air guided missile provided by the FBI that was not capable of being fired, telling the defendants that he had obtained it from Jaish-e-Mohammed. The informant also provided three IEDs that each contained over 30 pounds of inert C-4 plastic explosives, again telling the defendants that he had obtained them from Jaish-e-Mohammed."

According to open source reporting, three of the four men converted to Islam in prison.

- DOJ Press Release on Complaint (Added 5/20/09)

- Indictment (Added 6/4/09) The conspirators were indicted on an array of charges, including conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction within the United States and conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 6/4/09)

• United States v. Kobie Williams et al. (Houston Taliban support network):

- Superseding Indictment In November 2006, federal prosecutors in Houston, Texas, announced the indictments of Kobe Diallo Williams, a U.S. citizen, and Adnan Babar Mirza, a Pakistani national who overstayed his student visa, for "conspiring to train with firearms with a goal to fight with the Taliban against coalition forces in the Middle East and providing approximately $350 in cash to support terrorist groups." Mirza was also charged with three violations of federal firearms law. According to DOJ, "Williams and Mirza...allegedly viewed the United States and coalition military forces on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq as invaders and in April 2005 agreed that they should travel to the Middle East to fight with the Taliban to engage in battlefield jihad." Further, "to hone their skills in anticipation for battlefield jihad, the indictment alleges Williams and Mirza agreed to train with firearms at various locations located in Harris and surrounding counties. On at least eight occasions between May 20, 2005, and June 17, 2006, the men engaged in firearms training, and at times in reconnaissance training."

- DOJ Press Release on Superseding Indictment

- Superseding Indictment: Adnan Babar Mirza In September 2007, Adnan Babar Mirza was charged with firearms violations. The filing notes that "Mirza and others would and did agree to train with firearms to hone their skills for battlefield jihad."

- Superseding Indictment: Syed Maaz Shaah In April 2007, Syed Maaz Shaah, a Pakistani national in the U.S. on a student visa, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. Shaah was an associate of Kobie Williams and Adnan Mirza, and the three sought military-style training together in March 2006.

- Exhibit: FBI 302: Syed Maaz Shaah This document summarizes an FBI interview of Shah. Shaah told the agents, "I'm surprised that it took this long. I expected to be arrested a couple of weeks ago." According to the summary, "Shah then related that when ADNAN MIRZA and KOBIE WILLIAMS were arrested in Houston, Texas he knew that the FBI would be arresting him too."

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction: Syed Maaz Shaah In May 2007, a jury convicted Shaah of two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. According to this document, "the United States presented evidence that at the time of Shaah’s arrest on November 28, 2006, Shaah orally confessed that he had an interest in weapons and had engaged in the firearms training weekends to prepare for 'what may come.' Shah went on to state that he viewed American forces in Iraq as 'invaders' and felt it was his duty to prepare for 'Jihad,' described during the trial as armed combat. The United States also presented evidence showing that Shah had literature regarding Jihad on his computer, seized by FBI personnel at the time of Shah’s arrest."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing: Syed Maaz Shaah In September 2007, Shaah was sentenced to seventy-eight months in prison and will likely be deported after he serves his time.

- Indictment: Shiraz Syed Qazi In November 2006, a federal grand jury in Houston indicted Shiraz Syed Qazi, a Pakistani national in the U.S. on a student visa, for unlawfully possessing a firearm. Qazi is Adnan Babar Mirza's cousin.

- DOJ Press Release on Conviction: Shiraz Syed Qazi Qazi was convicted for unlawfully possessing a firearm in January 2007. DOJ states, "testimony of two others would prove that on or about July 15 through 17, 2005, Qazi went camping with two others in the Southern District of Texas. Over this weekend, these two witnesses saw Qazi shooting an Armalite M-15, .223 caliber semi automatic rifle, and could identify Qazi in photographs taken at the camp during the weekend trip in which Qazi is holding firearm."

- DOJ Press Release on Sentencing: Shiraz Syed Qazi Qazi was sentenced to ten months in prison in May 2007.

• United States v. Ali Akbar Yahya et al. (Exporting "dual-use" technologies to Iran):

- Indictment (Added 10/5/08) In September 2008, a "federal grand jury in Miami, FL,...returned a Superseding Indictment charging eight individuals and eight corporations in connection with their participation in conspiracies to export U.S.-manufactured commodities to prohibited entities and to Iran." According to DOJ, "the defendants purchased, and then illegally exported to ultimate buyers in Iran, numerous 'dual use' commodities. 'Dual-use' commodities are goods and technologies that have commercial application, but could also be used to further the military or nuclear potential of other nations and could be detrimental to the foreign policy or national security of the United States. In this regard, the Superseding Indictment alleges that the defendants caused the export of 120 field-programmable gate arrays, more than 5000 integrated circuits of varying types, approximately 345 Global Positioning Systems ('GPS'), 12,000 Microchip brand micro-controllers, and a Field Communicator. All of these items have potential military applications, including as components in the construction of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)."

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 10/5/08)

- Exhibit 1: Electronic Device (Added 10/5/08)

- Exhibit 2: Electronic Device (Added 10/5/08)

• United States v. Fawaz Yunis (Amal Militia; hijacked Royal Jordanian Airlines Flight 402):

- ICE Fact Sheet on Deportation (Added 4/19/08) On March 29, 2005, Fawaz Yunis -- who was "convicted in  Washington, D.C. of leading the hijacking of a Jordanian airliner and later blowing it up as it sat on the tarmac" -- was deported to Lebanon. Yunis, who was "affiliated with the Amal Militia," had participated in the 1985 hijacking of Royal Jordanian Airlines Flight 402 in Beirut.

• United States v. Muhammad Ishaq Zafar & Mohammad Tariq Randhawa (False tax returns, etc):

- Superseding Indictment (Added 3/14/08) Federal prosecutors in Florida unsealed an indictment against Dr. Muhammad Ishaq Zafar and Dr. M. Tariq Randhawa on an array of charges, including conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, and filing false tax returns. The men allegedly exploited a charitable organization, the Pak-American Islamic Cultural Corporation, Inc. (PAICCI), to transfer money to Pakistan. According to open source reporting, investigators have probed the organization and the conspirators for terrorism links.

- IRS Form 990: 1999 (Added 3/25/08) This document is PAICCI's IRS form 990 filing from 1999.

- IRS Form 990: 2000 (Added 3/25/08) This document is PAICCI's IRS form 990 filing from 2000.

- IRS Form 990: 2001 (Added 3/25/08) This document is PAICCI's IRS Form 990 filing from 2001.

• United States v. Najibullah Zazi et al. (Al-Qaida-linked bomb plot):

- Complaint: Najibullah Zazi (Added 9/20/09) In September 2009, FBI agents in Colorado arrested Najibullah Zazi, 24, a resident of Aurora, Colo., and legal permanent resident from Afghanistan, and charged him with knowingly and willfully making false statements to the FBI in a matter involving international and domestic terrorism. Zazi admitted in FBI interviews "that during his 2008 trip to Pakistan, he attended courses and received instruction on weapons and explosives at an al-Qaeda training facility in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan." Further, on September 11, 2009, "FBI agents conducted a legally authorized search of Najibullah Zazi’s rental car, which was parked near the Queens residence. During the search, agents found a laptop computer containing a jpeg image of nine-pages of handwritten notes. According to the affidavits, the notes contain formulations and instructions regarding the manufacture and handling of initiating explosives, main explosives charges, explosives detonators and components of a fuzing system."

- Indictment: Najibullah Zazi (Added 9/20/09) Zazi was indicted in New York on a charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction (explosive bombs) against persons or property in the United States.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment: Najibullah Zazi (Added 9/25/09)

- Detention Order: Najibullah Zazi (Added 9/25/09) According to this document, "Zazi remained committed to detonating an explosive device up until the date of his arrest, as exemplified by among other things, traveling overseas to receive bomb-making instructions, conducting extensive research on the internet regarding components of explosive devices, purchasing -- on multiple occasions -- the components necessary to produce TATP [Triacetone Triperoxide] and other explosive devices, and traveling to New York City on September 10, 2009 in furtherance of the criminal plan."

- Indictment: Mohammed Wali Zazi (Added 10/9/09) The father of alleged Al-Qaida-linked bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi, Mohammed Zazi, was indicted in Denver for making a false statement in a matter involving international and domestic terrorism. According to DOJ, "Specifically, Mohammed Zazi allegedly denied that he spoke with anyone by telephone regarding whether Najibullah Zazi was in any trouble, when, in fact, on or about September 11, 2009, he did speak by telephone with a person regarding whether Najibullah Zazi was in any trouble."

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment: Mohammed Wali Zazi (Added 10/9/09)

- Complaint: Ahmad Wais Afzali (Added 9/20/09) In September 2009, FBI agents in New York arrested Ahmad Wais
Afzali, 37, a resident of Flushing, N.Y., and a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan, and charged him with knowingly and willfully making false statements to the FBI in a matter involving international and domestic terrorism.

- Indictment: Ahmad Wais Afzali (Added 10/26/09) Queens imam Ahmad Wais Afzali, who served as an NYPD Confidential Informant, was indicted in the Eastern District of New York for making false statements to the FBI when he denied tipping off Al-Qaida-linked bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi that he was a subject of interest to counterterrorism agents. He faces up to eight years in prison if convicted.

- FBI Press Release on Arrests in Colorado and New York (Added 9/20/09) In announcing the arrests of Najibullah Zazi, his father Mohammed Wali Zazi, and former NYPD source Ahmad Wais Afzali, David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, said, "The arrests carried out tonight are part of an ongoing and fast-paced investigation. It is important to note that we have no specific information regarding the timing, location or target of any planned attack." As the affidavits note, "the FBI is investigating several individuals in the United States, Pakistan and elsewhere, relating to a plot to detonate improvised explosive devices in the United States."

- “Target: America” Report: “The September 2009 New York/Denver Terror Plot Arrests” (Added 10/26/09) The NEFA Foundation has released the 21st report in the “Target: America ” series, which focuses on a case that is considered by many experts to be the most significant terrorist plot on U.S. soil since 9/11.

• United States v. Oussama Abdul Ziade & Buford George Peterson (Dealings with SDGT's assets):

- Indictment (Added 7/18/09) Federal prosecutors in Boston unsealed an indictment against Oussama Abdul Ziade and Buford George Peterson, "both former officers of Ptech, Inc. ('Ptech'), a computer software company which was principally located in Quincy, Massachusetts, with making false statements to the United States Small Business Administration ('SBA') in connection with a loan application in the amount of $650,000 for Ptech submitted under a program offered to assist small businesses economically harmed by the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Indictment charges Peterson and Ziade with falsely representing the identities of Ptech’s major shareholders in this loan application to conceal the ownership interest in Ptech held by a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Yassin Kadi...through Sarmany Limited, a company Kadi owned and controlled. Ziade served as Ptech's President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of its Board of Directors from February 1994 to 2003 while Peterson served as Ptech's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer from February 2001 to August 2002." The indictment was originally returned on March 1, 2007.

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment (Added 7/18/09)

- Complaint: Ziade (Added 7/18/09) DOJ also unsealed a criminal complaint "issued on July 27, 2005 charging Ziade with attempting to engage in transactions involving, and dealing in, the property of Kadi, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist; knowingly making false statements to the SBA in a loan application submitted on behalf of Ptech; and making false statements to law enforcement. Ziade, a Lebanese national, has been living outside of the country since 2005." Information gather the 2002 SAAR raids in Northern Virginia was used in this complaint.

- Ptech's Customer List (Added 7/18/09) Ptech's customers included a number of government entities, such as the FAA, FBI,  IRS, NATO, NAVAIR, the Air Force, Department of Energy, and the House of Representatives. Additional background on Ptech can be found in this Associated Press article, which notes that Ptech employed CARE International's Muhamed Mubayyid, as well as another CARE International employee.

• In the Matter of Searches Involving 555 Grove Street, Herdon, VA and Related Locations:

- (Proposed Redacted) Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant (October 2003) (Added 4/23/08) In March 2002, the FBI launched a series of raids on residences, businesses, and charitable organizations in Northern Virginia. In this affidavit, Customs Service Special Agent David Kane explains, "since December 2001, I and other agents of the USCS, the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation ('IRS-CI'), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ('FBI'), have been investigating a group of individuals that are suspected of providing material support to terrorists, money laundering, and tax evasion through the use of a variety of related for-profit companies and ostensible charitable entities under their control, most of which are located at 555 Grove Street, Herndon, Virginia." He further notes, "these individuals operate or have operated over 100 different organizations, on which they commonly serve as corporate officers. These organizations include charitable organizations, educational and cultural organizations, for-profit businesses and investment firms...Many organizations in the Safa Group dissolve and are replaced by other organizations under the control of the same individuals. Most of these Safa Group organizations, which present themselves as Islamic educational and charitable organizations, are 'paper' organizations that are registered at common addresses, but have no apparent physical presence on the premises. The majority of these organizations is or was located at 555 Grove Street, Herndon, Virginia."

- (Proposed Redacted) Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant (October 2003) - Attachment A (Added 4/23/08) This document lists the addresses to be searched and provides information on them.

- (Proposed Redacted) Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant (October 2003) - Attachment B (Added 4/23/08) This document lists the items to be seized, including, "any and all information referencing in any way PIJ, Hamas, Al-Qaida, WISE, ICP, Sami Al-Arian, Basheer Nafi, Mazen al-Najar, Ramallah Shallah, Khalil Shikaki, Sheik Odeh, Sheik Rahman, Usama Bin Laden, and any other individual or entity designated as a terrorist by the President of the United States, the United States Department of Treasury, or the Secretary of State."

- (Proposed Redacted) Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant (October 2003) - Attachment C (Added 4/23/08) This document provides a list of Safa Group businesses and corporations, as well as their officers/directors.

- (Proposed Redacted) Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant (October 2003) - Attachment D (Added 4/23/08) This document provides a list of the "officers and directors & their related businesses and organizations." Many individuals, including Abdulrahman Alamoudi, Muhammad Ashraf, and Jamal Barzinji, are affiliated with numerous organizations.

- (Proposed Redacted) Affidavit in Support of Application for Search Warrant (October 2003) - Attachment E (Added 4/23/08) This document provides a "glossary of terms, individuals, and organizations relevant" to the affidavit.

- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena #06-1 (Added 4/23/08) The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has stymied government efforts to secure records in its long-running investigation of individuals involved in the Safa Group, whom they suspect of "providing material support to terrorists, money laundering, and tax evasion." The New York Sun, which first reported on the Appeals Court's ruling, explains, "the SAAR Foundation, which is now defunct, has racked up $500,000 in contempt-of-court fines for its noncooperation with the grand jury probe. Prosecutors have tried to get documents detailing SAAR's money transfers by subpoenaing the group's one-time attorney, Bruce Hopkins, of the Kansas City-based firm Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC. A lawyer for Mr. Hopkins has argued that any of Mr. Hopkins's records that have been subpoenaed are protected by the attorney-client privilege. In the decision...the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...had been expected to decide whether the attorney-client privilege extended to defunct organizations. Instead it sidestepped the issue, telling a lower court to determine first whether the documents in Mr. Hopkins's possession seemed to detail a potential crime, in which case prosecutors are entitled to them, regardless of any attorney-client privilege."

- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion (Added 5/8/09) Following an "Operation Greenquest"-linked raid on his Virginia home, Iqbal Unus (an International Institute of Islamic Thought employee) and his family sued, claiming false imprisonment, assault and battery, conspiracy, and unconstitutional search and seizure. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the actions of federal agents. For instance, Judge Robert King wrote, "To be sure, the federal agent defendants' forced entry into the Unus residence must have been a harrowing experience for the plaintiffs. The federal agent defendants were entitled, however, to exercise lawful force in entering the Unus residence, and they thus acted reasonably in drawing and pointing their weapons."

• Tunisian Cell in San Francisco:

- Testimony of Former INS Commissioner James Ziglar Before the 9/11 Commission (Added 7/27/08) Former INS Commissioner James Ziglar testified before the 9/11 Commission that: "In early June 2002, the INS received information that a group of Tunisian nationals residing in the Dale City area of San Francisco were possibly members of a terrorist cell posing an imminent national security threat to the United States. On June 16, 2002, INS and FBI agents were able to locate, identify and arrest a group of Tunisian nationals who were tied to terrorist activity. Nine individuals were detained on INS administrative charges in the absence of viable criminal charges, and subsequently removed. The suspected ringleader has been criminally charged with harboring aliens unlawfully in the United States."

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle probe in Chicago:

- Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Anti-Terrorism Efforts Since 9/11 (Added 7/27/08) According to the Department of Justice, "In a Chicago-area investigation in 2003, a court-authorized delayed-notification search warrant allowed investigators to gain evidence of a plan to ship unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components to Pakistan, and to gain that evidence without prompting the suspects to flee. The UAVs would have been capable of carrying up to 200 pounds of cargo, potentially explosives, while guided out of line of sight by a laptop computer. Delayed-notice of a search of e-mail communications provided investigators information that allowed them to defer arresting the main suspect, who has since pleaded guilty, until all the shipments of UAV components had been located and were known to be in Chicago."