Topic: Jihad Videos At Sailor's Trial

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 27, 2008
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Prosecutors played videos promoting violent jihad at the trial yesterday of a former sailor who is accused of communicating with suspected terrorists and leaking information that could have doomed his own Navy ship.
Prosecutors allege that Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, a U.S-born Muslim convert who was honorably discharged in 2002, ordered the videos. His attorneys have said in court papers that they don't dispute he was in contact with the company that sold the videos, but that pictures and videos don't prove he passed classified information.
Abu-Jihaad has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging that he provided material support to terrorists and disclosed classified national-defense information. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. -- AP