Jury convicts ex-Navy sailor on terror charges

[David]

AP


NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A former Navy sailor has been convicted of leaking details of ship movements to suspected terrorism supporters.

Jurors were in their second day of deliberations when they convicted Hassan Abu-Jihaad of Phoenix of providing material support to terrorists and disclosing classified national defense information.

Federal prosecutors had urged a jury to convict the 32-year-old of leaking ship movements to suspected terrorists, saying he sympathized with the enemy and admitted disclosing military intelligence.

But his attorney said an investigation that spanned two continents over four years failed to turn up proof that Abu-Jihaad leaked details of ship movements and their vulnerability to attack.

Abu-Jihaad was prosecuted in New Haven because the investigation first focused on a Connecticut-based Internet service provider.