This gets scarier by the day. Imagine...al Qaeda on a U.S. guided-missile destroyer? I"ve got a vivid imagination and what might have been intended here is chilling.
Here's the full story from Fox News.
Here's the full story from Fox News.
Feds Say Sailor Charged With Terrorism Made References to Bin Laden in Phone Conversations
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former sailor accused of disclosing information about Navy ships to a terrorism supporter made coded reference to Usama bin Laden in a recorded phone call with friends, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Phone calls were played in a court hearing to decide whether to admit the evidence in the case against Hassan Abu-Jihaad. Lawyers for Abu-Jihaad have argued that the calls and other evidence, such as e-mail searches, should be thrown out after a judge's ruling in September that struck down portions of the USA Patriot Act.
In one phone call between the sailor and some friends, Abu-Jihaad is heard making what prosecutors said is a coded reference to bin Laden, using the phrase "under the black leaves."
He is also heard talking about the different techniques of American and Islamic snipers.
Abu-Jihaad exchanged e-mails with Ahmad while on active duty on the USS Benfold, a guided-missile destroyer, in 2000 and 2001, according to an FBI affidavit. In those e-mails, Abu-Jihaad discussed naval briefings and praised bin Laden and those who attacked the USS Cole in 2000, according to the affidavit
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