“The evidence at trial showed that Saab surveilled some of New York´s most iconic and highly trafficked locations in order to provide critical intelligence on how they could be most effectively attacked.”
If he had succeeded, thousands of people could have been murdered. But remember: calling attention to this kind of activity is “Islamophobic.”
“Jury returns mixed verdict in New York terrorism case,” Associated Press, May 11, 2022:
NEW YORK (AP) – A Manhattan federal court jury returned a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a New Jersey software developer who authorities say researched and photographed U.S. landmarks for possible attacks.
The jury was unable to reach a verdict on one terrorism charge – providing material support for a terrorist group – but found Alexei Saab, 44, had received military-type training from Hezbollah´s Islamic Jihad Organization, which is based in Lebanon.
Saab was also found guilty of conspiring to commit marriage fraud and making false statements. The Morristown, New Jersey, resident was exonerated on three other charges after a two-week trial.
Saab´s lawyer, Marlon Kirton, said much of the evidence came from what Saab himself told FBI investigators that was “un-credible, crazy, unsubstantiated information,” and which can´t be considered reliable.
Saab spoke with the FBI in 11 sessions over several weeks prior to his 2019 arrest, but was never read his rights, Kirton said in an email after the verdict.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams highlighted the jury´s unanimous verdict that Saab was trained by a terrorist organization.
“The evidence at trial showed that Saab surveilled some of New York´s most iconic and highly trafficked locations,” Williams said in a statement, “in order to provide critical intelligence on how they could be most effectively attacked.”…
Prosecutors say that, according to Saab, he joined Hezbollah in 1996 and once tried to kill a man he later understood to be a suspected Israeli spy by pointing a weapon at the individual at close range, but the firearm jammed. They said he surveilled potential targets for terrorism attacks from 2000 to 2005 while working by day as a technology software engineer.
Pierre Delecto says
Fourteen centuries of data has established that Islamic Adherents are unworthy of trust.
Go with the data. Deny them entrance.
somehistory says
So, now lock him up without a rug and without a book and don’t allow him to choose what food he eats. Actually punish him for his having broken laws.
John says
I’m sure he and his family were ‘properly vetted’. They know the correct answers for all the screeners, but deep inside it’s the Koran and only the Koran whose rules they follow.