october 9 , 2006

American Al-Qaeda Adam Gadahn Indicted for Treason

Unfortuanately, Gadahn's current whereabouts are unknown, although the Western Pakistani province of Waziristan is a good guess. Gadahn, an Orange County, CA native who has starred in several al-Qaeda videotapes (where he's referred to as ("Azzam the American") is the first U.S. citizen to be charged with treason since 1952.

Here's more, from Fox News:

WASHINGTON — The American Al Qaeda spokesman known as "Azzam the American" will be indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, FOX News has confirmed.

Adam Yahiye Gadahn, whose exact whereabouts is unknown but is believed to be in Pakistan, is expected to be charged with material support and treason, sources told FOX News. It will be the first time an American has been charged with treason since 1952.

The treason charge, according to sources in Los Angeles and Washington, is based primarily on the statements Gadahn has made in his video presentations.

The Justice Department is expected to make the formal announcement later in the day.

Unfortunately--thanks to our "friends," the Pakistanis--we currently have no way of getting to Gadahn in Waziristan and bringing him to justice, as this devastating recent article by my friends Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Bill Roggio attests.