Adham Hassoun

Adham Amin Hassoun is a convict incarcerated in the United States as a conspirator of José Padilla, an American initially held as an enemy combatant for supplying aid to terrorists.[1][2]

Hassoun, a Lebanese-born Palestinian who first moved to the United States in the late 1980s, was first arrested in 2002 for overstaying his visa.[3]

In August 2007, he was convicted, along with Padilla, of conspiracy and material support charges and sentenced to a prison term of 15 years, 8 months.[4]

Hassoun had been a computer programmer and resident of Broward County, Florida. Sofian Abdelaziz, a member of the American Muslim Association of North America, who knew Hassoun from his activity in the Florida Muslim community, made this comment on Hassoun: "I would consider him that he's against violence, but he has a strong tongue, you know, he has a strong tongue!"[2]

Hassoun was charged in connection with his financing of Padilla's trip to Egypt.[5] Prosecutors alleged that Hassoun set up a local office of the charity Benevolence International, which was used as a front for al Qaeda.[5] A 2011 NPR report claimed he was being held in a highly restrictive Communication Management Unit.[6]

Other indicted conspirators

References

  1. ↑ Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Press Conference Regarding the Indictment of Jose Padilla Archived 2006-01-28 at the Wayback Machine., US Department of Justice; accessed November 22, 2005.
  2. 1 2 Al Qaeda Network Operating In U.S., CBS News, June 28, 2002.
  3. ↑ Candiotti, Susan; Mark Potter (2002-06-15). "Feds arrest man linked to 'dirty bomb' suspect". CNN. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Jose Padilla sentenced on terrorism charges". msnbc.com. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  5. 1 2 Florida Trail of Terror: Jihad in Our Backyard, MilitantIslamMonitor.org, July 15, 2004.
  6. ↑ Margot Williams and Alyson Hurt, DATA & GRAPHICS: Population Of The Communications Management Units, NPR; retrieved May 18, 2018.


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