Former Navy Sailor Convicted Of Leaking Details About His Ship

I think anyone with the last name of "Jihaad" should automatically be kicked out. He is a Muslim convert formerly known as Paul Hall. It appears that some psychological testing needs to be done to root out people like this. It's a difficult enough battle without having your own turn on you.

A former Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of leaking details about ship movements to suspected terrorism supporters, an act that could have endangered his own crewmates.

Jurors convicted Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, of Phoenix of providing material support to terrorists and disclosing classified national defense information on the second day of deliberations.

The American-born Muslim convert formerly known as Paul R. Hall faces up to 25 years in federal prison when he is sentenced in May. His attorney, Dan LaBelle, said an appeal was likely.

He called the USS Cole bombing a "martyrdom operation"

Prosecutors also said Abu-Jihaad was the only member of the military who was communicating with the suspected terrorists. They cited one e-mail in which he called the attack on the USS Cole in 2000 a "martyrdom operation" and praised "the men who have brong (sic) honor ... in the lands of jihad Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, etc."