Alleged terror plot 'trainer' worked for FBI

[The Trainer]

The Jury looked past all the BS the defense tried to throw out......I salute them for that.

http://www.myfoxtoledo.com/myfox/pag...d=1.1.1&sflg=1

[Razor]

Thanks for your part in putting them away, Trainer.

[JMI]

“Today's verdicts should send a strong message to individuals who would use this country as a platform to plot attacks against U.S. military personnel in Iraq and elsewhere,” said Patrick Rowan, acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, in a written statement. “ This case also underscores the need for continued vigilance in identifying and dismantling extremist plots that develop in America's heartland

Thank you, Trainer, for putting yourself on the line like that.

Take care.

[JJ_BPK]

Trainer
Cold Beers on me if you ever get to the Conch Republic...
Thanks

[Gypsy]

Thank you seems so...insufficient but it's all I have, Trainer. Thanks for putting it on the line. Stay safe, and be well.

[Ambush Master]

Originally Posted by The Trainer

The Jury looked past all the BS the defense tried to throw out......I salute them for that.

Good on'ya and as we say in NE FtWorth Muchos Grassy Ass!!! If you ever come through DFW, give me a Heads Up and I'll meet you at the Gate. I've got all the Stinkin Badges!!

Take care.
Martin

[The Trainer]

Thank you to all for your support. I appreciate your comments. Coming from you means everything.

[Team Sergeant]

Great job Trainer!

Team Sergeant



How an undercover FBI informant busted an alleged terror ring.

TERROR WATCH
Michael Isikoff andMark Hosenball
Jul 3, 2008 | Updated: 2:51 p.m. ET Jul 3, 2008


A recent federal trial in Ohio offers new details about how the FBI uses informants in Muslim communities to gather intelligence on domestic terrorist threats.

Since Sept. 11, the bureau's aggressive use of such informants—including giving them the green light to spy on suspects inside mosques—has triggered concerns about potential civil liberties abuses. The issue is threatening to become even hotter: Attorney General Michael Mukasey recently confirmed he is expanding internal FBI guidelines governing the use of undercover informants in national security investigations. The proposed new guidelines, according to two senior law enforcement officials, would give FBI agents greater latitude to "task" undercover informants to collect intelligence in entire communities where potential threats are deemed to exist, rather than simply targeting specific individuals suspected of wrongdoing.

But a recent counter-terrorism case in Toledo, Ohio, shows how the FBI already started down that road in the wake of 9/11. Thanks largely to the work of a well-compensated FBI undercover informant, federal prosecutors last month secured the convictions of three Islamic radicals in Toledo on charges of conspiring to kill or maim U.S. troops overseas. FBI officials have touted the case as a major success story in part because it exposed what they see as an increasingly alarming phenomenon: the emergence of "homegrown" jihadis who cook up terror plots on their own after downloading violent extremist literature and terror training manuals over the Internet.

"O Mujahid brother, in order to join the great training camps, you don't have to travel to other lands," reads one of the manuals downloaded by the defendants from a Saudi Arabian website linked to Al Qaeda. "Alone in your home or with a group of your brothers, you too can begin to execute the training."

It is not clear how far the three Toledo men—all of Middle Eastern descent--would have gotten in their plans to attack U.S. troops in Iraq. Defense lawyers insist their clients were convicted based on mere "talk," not any actual acts of terrorism. But federal officials say the FBI would never have learned of the defendants in the first place had it not been for the work of a former U.S. Special Forces commando named Darren Griffin, who was recruited by the FBI after 9/11 and instructed to insinuate himself into the Toledo Muslim community, posing as a convert to Islam with extremist views.

"I'm profoundly disturbed that the government would send someone into the Islamic community to gather information without more specifics," said Steve Hartman, who represented one of the defendants, Marwan el-Hindi, a 45-year one-time travel agent and prison Imam. "The Islamic community should assume based on this that someone around them is working for the government. That's also disturbing."

Federal officials say that Griffin, who was paid more than $300,000 for his work, had previously served as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration. After the 9/11 attacks, the DEA suggested to the FBI that Griffin, who spoke Farsi and rudimentary Arabic and had been injured during a parachute jump overseas, could help the bureau in its new top priority mission of collecting intelligence on domestic Islamic extremists.

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http://www.newsweek.com/id/144517/page/1

http://www.newsweek.com/id/144517/page/2

http://www.newsweek.com/id/144517/page/3

[SF_BHT]

Again Great Job.....

[echoes]

Thank You Trainer!!!

[JMI]

"I'm profoundly disturbed that the government would send someone into the Islamic community to gather information without more specifics,"

Well I'm profoundly disturbed that your profoundly disturbed, Mr Idiot Defense Attorney.

"The Islamic community should assume based on this that someone around them is working for the government. That's also disturbing."

Damn right they need to assume that. Who knows, maybe another Trainer could be there right now stopping another threat.

[Team Sergeant]

Trainer you've been busy..... Nice work.

Team Sergeant

Friday, January 16, 2009
Chicago Muslim Terrorists Zubair Ahmed And Khaleel Ahmed Plead Guilty To Conspiracy to Provide Material Support To Al-Qaeda, recruited on the internet WASHINGTON, Zubair Ahmed & Khaleel Ahmed pleaded guilty in Northern Dist of Ohio to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their efforts to murder or maim U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Today's guilty pleas were announced by Matthew Olsen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security; William J. Edwards, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio; and C. Frank Figliuzzi, Special Agent in Charge, Cleveland Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Zubair Ahmed and his cousin Khaleel Ahmed (HIS PHOTO ABOVE) each pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge James G. Carr in Toledo, Ohio, to a one-count, superseding information charging them with conspiracy to provide material support and resources, including the defendants themselves as personnel, to terrorists in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. Section 2339A.

http://www.billwarnerpi.com/2009/01/...air-ahmed.html

CHICAGO COUSINS PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY
TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO TERRORISTS

WASHINGTON – Zubair Ahmed, 29, and Khaleel Ahmed, 28, both residents of Chicago, pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Ohio to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their efforts to travel abroad in order to murder or maim U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Today’s guilty pleas were announced by Matthew Olsen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security; William J. Edwards, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio; and C. Frank Figliuzzi, Special Agent in Charge, Cleveland Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Zubair Ahmed and his cousin Khaleel Ahmed each pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge James G. Carr in Toledo, Ohio, to a one-count, superseding information charging them with conspiracy to provide material support and resources, including the defendants themselves as personnel, to terrorists in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. Section 2339A. At sentencing, each defendant faces a statutory maximum of 15 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, followed by three years of supervised release.

According to the superseding information and other information entered into the court record today:
The criminal conspiracy involving Zubair and Khaleel Ahmed began no later than April 1, 2004, and continued until their arrests on Feb. 21, 2007. As part of the conspiracy, the defendants made preparations to travel overseas in order to engage in acts that would result in the murder or maiming of U.S. military forces in either Iraq or Afghanistan. On or about May 21, 2004, the defendants traveled to Cairo, Egypt, with the intent of engaging in acts that would result in the murder or maiming of U.S. military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan.

After their return from Egypt, on or about July 4, 2004, Zubair and Khaleel Ahmed discussed, sought and received instruction on firearms from another individual in Cleveland. The defendants also sought and discussed training in counter-surveillance techniques and sniper rifles with this individual. Specifically, defendant Zubair Ahmed discussed his desire to learn how to use and move with a .50-caliber machine gun.

http://cleveland.fbi.gov/dojpressrel...port011509.htm



Cousins plead guilty to terrorism chargesFriday, January 16, 2009 | 10:43 AM
By Chuck GoudieJanuary 15, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A pair of Chicago men identified by the ABC 7 I-Team as "the Radical Cousins" pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal terrorism charges.
Investigative reporter Chuck Goudie broke the story of the accused terrorist cousins last September.
At that time, when we last saw 28-year-old Khaleel Ahmed and his 29-year-old cousin Zubair, both men claimed to be innocent of any terrorist connections and promised to fight the federal charges against them.
That was four months ago. On Thursday, they changed their minds and pleaded guilty.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...eam&id=6606868

[echoes]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Trainer you've been busy..... Nice work.

TT,

Thank You for Your service Sir!!!

Holly

[ACE844]

Thank you for your vigilance and ongoing sacrifices and service "trainer."

[Gypsy]

Thank you, Trainer...thank you.