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Alleged Al Qaeda Hacker -

From CNet's Police Blotter:

IMO Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri,

a Qatari national... designated as "enemy combatant" who allegedly entered the United States to disrupt computer networks...

Jt.Intel of Terrorist Task Force at DIA declared: al-Marri "met personally" with Osama bin Laden and was dispatched to the United States to "explore computer-hacking methods to disrupt bank records and the U.S. financial system." In addition, Jt.Intel/DIA claimed, "al-Marri was trained by al-Qaida in the use of poisons and had detailed information concerning poisonous chemicals stored on his laptop computer." ...The FBI reported that a probe of al-Marri's laptop showed bookmarks to Web pages describing how to make potassium cynanide, hydrogen cyanide and other poisons... The FBI also reported finding a list of 36 stolen credit card numbers on the laptop.

His attorneys filed a habeas corpus on his behalf, but he couldn't give a good account of himself which would successfully refute the intel's allegations and evidence. Current status: apparently still detained in isolation in Naval Brig, S.Carolina.

:: By Declan McCullagh ::
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