• Abdelmalek Droukdel (Algeria):

- U.S. Treasury Department Press Release: Specially Designated Global Terrorist (Added 12/4/07) According to Treasury, Droukdel, the leader of Al-Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), "reportedly supervised the April 2007 AQIM bombings of the Prime Minister's office and police facilities in Algiers, killing 33. AQIM merged with Al-Qaida in September 2006. For background, see the NEFA Special Report, "Two Decades of Jihad in Algeria: the GIA, the GSPC, and Al-Qaida."

• Mohamed Haneef - Now-Cleared London/Glasgow Suspect - Operation Seagram (Australia):

- Transcript of Press Conference Held by Australian Federal Police Commission (AFP) Mick Keelty on Haneef Charges On July 14, 2007, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty announced that Dr. Mohamed Haneef had been charged with providing support to a terrorist group, in connection with his alleged role in the London/Glasgow plots.

- Australian Federal Police Press Release on Inaccurate Reports re: Haneef's Purported Involvement in Gold Coast Attack On July 22, 2007, the AFP issued a press release stating "the Australian Federal Police (AFP) state that media reporting today of Dr Mohamed Haneef’s alleged involvement in a plot to conduct an attack on the Gold Coast is inaccurate."

- Australian Federal Police Press Release on Media Reports re: Police Notes in Haneef's Diary A July 23, 2007 AFP press release notes that "media reporting today alleging that AFP members have made handwritten notes in the diary of Dr Haneef is not correct."

- Australian Federal Police Press Release on Withdrawal of Charges On July 27, 2007, the AFP announced it was withdrawing the charges filed against Haneef.

- Australian Department of Immigration & Citizenship Dossier This document notes that Haneef is associated "with two of the United Kingdom suspects [Sabeel and Kafeel Ahmed] believed to be involved in the London incident and the Glasgow bombings." The dossier also provides a wealth of background information on Haneef.

- Australian Federal Police Interview Transcript I This is an 142-page transcript of a July 3, 2007 AFP interview of Haneef.

- Australian Federal Police Interview Transcript II This is a 378-page transcript of a July 13-14, 2007 AFP interview of Haneef.

- Australian Federal Police Emails These are internal AFP emails, released under the Freedom of Information Act, discussing the plan of action for handling the Haneef case.

• Shane Kent et al. - Operation Pendennis (Australia):

- Australian Federal Police Press Release on Charges On November 17, 2005, Australian authorities arrested seventeen individuals in News South Wales and Victoria and charged them with an array of offences, including Acts in Preparation of a Terrorist Act and being a member of a Terrorist Group. Alleged cell members reportedly trained for jihad at camps in Victoria’s remote bush land and at a New South Wales cattle station. Following the arrests, New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney commented, “I am satisfied that we have disrupted what I would regard as the final stages of a terrorist attack or the launch of a terrorist attack in Australia.”

- Australian Federal Police Press Release on Additional Arrests In March 2006, three Melbourne men were arrested in connection with the Operation Pendennis probe. According to the press release, "All three men were charged with intentional membership of a terrorist organisation under section 102.3(1) of the Criminal Code Act of 1995 and intentionally make funds available to a terrorist organisation under section 102.6(1) of the Act."

- Attorney General on Case Status This document lists the individuals charged in the investigation.

• Belal Khazaal (Australia):

- New South Wales Supreme Court: Judgment - On Motion for Access to Documents This October 2006 ruling by the New South Wales Supreme Court dismissed a motion by the Australian government seeking "to obtain a permanent injunction to restrain Adam Houda and Peter Lange from continuing to act for Belal Saadallah Khazaal ('the accused') in relation to his trial on two charges alleging the commission of terrorist offences." Khazaal has been charged with two offences "the first was a charge that he made a document between 20 and 23 September 2003, namely, a book, connected with preparation for, the engagement of a person in, or assistance in a terrorist act, knowing of that connection. The second charge was that between 22 September 2003 and May 2004, the accused incited the commission by others of an offence, namely an offence of engaging in a terrorist act, contrary to s 101 of the Criminal Code."

- New South Wales Supreme Court: Judgment - Application to Restrain Counsel and Solicitor In December 2006, another government motion seeking to "restrain" Peter Lange and Adam Houda from representing Khazaal was dismissed.

• Faheem Lodhi (Australia):

- Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2005-2006 Discussing Conviction In April 2004, Faheem Lodhi -- a Pakistani-born Australian citizen who conspired with Lashkar-e-Taiba trained terrorist Willie Brigitte -- was arrested and charged with terrorism offences. According to authorities, Lodhi possessed two maps of the Australian electricity supply system in connection with a plan to bomb that system. Similarly, he possessed aerial photographs of Australia defense establishments in connection with a bomb plot targeting those locations. He also "sought information concerning the availability of materials capable of being used for the manufacture of explosives." Finally, he possessed a "document containing information concerning the ingredients for and the method of manufacture of poisons, explosives, detonators and incendiary devices and concerning 'intelligence' which was connected with preparation for a terrorist act..." In June 2006, Lodhi was found guilty of three terrorism offences.

- New South Wales Supreme Court: Judgment (On Notice of Motion re: Indictment) In December 2005, the New South Wales Supreme Court adjourned a Notice of Motion until January 2006. This document summarizes some of the evidence against Lodhi: "The Crown case is that the accused provided Brigitte with a pre-paid mobile telephone service in a false name...The Crown alleges that the accused assisted Brigitte after his arrival in Sydney, particularly with accommodation...Brigitte had also shown the accused a map of Australian Nuclear sites (which the accused borrowed for a period of time) and which was subsequently found in Brigitte’s possession. There will also be evidence of material found at Brigitte’s premises after his arrest, which demonstrated not only an interest in nuclear sites but also other material relating to military and intelligence issues."

- New South Wales Supreme Court: Judgment - Motion for Declaration that Part 3 of the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 is Invalid In February 2006, the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that the "third challenge to the constitutional validity of Part 3 of the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 should fail."

- New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal: Judgment In April 2006, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal refused to dismiss the indictment against Lodhi.

- New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal: Judgment In another April 2006 ruling, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal rejected a different Lodhi challenge to the government's case.

- New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal: Judgment Rejecting Lodhi's appeal of his conviction and sentence in December 2007, the court ruled that Lodhi secured maps "in connection with a proposal for an enterprise that would involve bombing part of the Australian Electricity Supply System." Moreover, according to the court, "there was ample evidence...that the appellant held his intentions with great vigour and firmness as a consequence of deeply fanatical views."

• Izhar Ul-Haque (Australia):

- New South Wales Supreme Court Ruling Invalidating ASIO Interviews In November 2007, the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that two November 2003 ASIO interviews of Izhar Ul-Haque -- a medical student at the University of New South Wales who allegedly trained with Lashkar-e-Taiba and was associated with convicted terrorist Faheem Lodhi -- were inadmissible. The court stated, "I am satisfied that...[ASIO agents] B15 and B16 committed the criminal offences of false imprisonment and kidnapping at common law and also an offence under s86 of the Crimes Act 1900. It follows, a fortiori, that they committed the tort of false imprisonment. Their conduct was grossly improper and constituted an unjustified and unlawful interference with the personal liberty of the accused." The charges against Ul-Haque were dropped.

• Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy et al. (Bahrain):

- U.S. Treasury Department Press Release: Specially Designated Global Terrorist (Added 12/4/07) The U.S. Treasury Department designated Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy, 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Jaffar 'Ali, and Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd al-Khaliq for providing financial and material support to Al-Qaida. As Treasury explained, "Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy and 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Jaffar 'Ali were convicted by the Bahraini High Criminal Court in January 2008 for financing terrorism, undergoing terrorist training, facilitating the travel of others abroad to receive terrorist training, and for membership in a terrorist organization. Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd al-Khaliq was arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January 2007 on charges of being a member of the terrorist groups al Qaida and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)."

• Mirsad Bektasevic et al. (Bosnia):

- Indictment Filed in April 2006, this indictment alleges that the cell, which was composed of a Swedish citizen, a Turkish national, and three Bosnians, planned “to commit a terrorist act in…Bosnia and Herzegovina or some other European country” to force the withdrawal of “forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.” According to the indictment, when Bosnian authorities raided an apartment where some of the cell members were staying, they discovered a pistol with a silencer, ammunition, a “video recording displaying how to make an improvised explosive device,” and an audiotape containing the following message: “These brothers are ready to attack and inshallah, they will attack Al-Qufar who are killing our brothers and Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Shishahn and many other countries. These weapons are going to be used against Europe, against those whose forces are in Iraq and in Afghanistan.” Cell members also acquired at least twenty kilograms of explosives, which two of the men “partially cut, shaped and prepared for the…suicide belt.” While investigators never explicitly identified a target, media reports speculated the target may have been the British Embassy in Sarajevo.

- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Press Release on Indictment

- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Press Release on Not Guilty Pleas All of the accused, except Amir Bajir, pled not guilty at a  May 3, 2006 hearing.

- Verdict Mirsad Bektasevic was convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to fifteen years and four months in prison. Abdulkadir Cesur was found guilty of terrorism charges and sentenced to thirteen years and four months in jail. Bajro Ikanvic was convicted of terrorism counts and sentenced to eight years imprisonment. Senad Hasanovic was convicted of illicit possession of weapons or explosives and received a two year and six month jail term. The verdicts were rendered in January 2007.

- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Press Release on Convictions and Sentencing

- Modified Verdict Mirsad Bektasevic's sentence was reduced to eight years and four months in prison. Abdulkadir Cesur's jail term was shortened to six years and six months in prison. Bajro Ikanvic was given four years imprisonment. And Senad Hasanovic was re-sentenced to six months in jail. The modified verdicts were announced in June 2007.

- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Press Release on Modified Verdict

- NEFA Foundation "Target: America" Report "Irhaby007's American Connections" A key figure in the Bosnian cell was Swedish citizen Mirsad Bektasevic, who used the Internet name “Maximus” and whose voice “more than rather likely” was on the tape threatening attacks. Bektasevic reportedly served as an online recruiter for the Iraqi jihad and communicated via email with convicted British jihadi webmaster Younis Tsouli (a.k.a Irhaby007) and his British co-conspirators. Further, the Bosnian indictment notes that both Tsouli and Waseem Mughal “were in possession of a Swedish telephone number…and Bosnian telephone number…used by” Bektasevic.

• Abu Sufian Al-Salamabi Muhammed Ahmed 'Abd Al-Razziq (Canada):

- U.S. Treasury Department Press Release: Specially Designated Global Terrorist In July 2006, Treasury named Al-Razziq, a Canadian and Sudanese citizen, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, noting, "`Abd Al-Razziq has provided administrative and logistical support to al Qaida, and has been identified as being close to Abu Zubayda, a former lieutenant of Usama bin Ladin, involved in al Qaida recruitment and training."

• Fahim Ahmad et al. - Project OSage (Canada):

- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Press Release on Charges In June 2006, Canadian authorities arrested seventeen individuals on terrorism-related charges.

- Transcript of Royal Canadian Mounted Police News Conference Elaborating on the charges against the Canadian cell, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Mike McDonell told the media that these “individuals…were planning to commit a series of terrorist attacks against solely Canadian targets in southern Ontario.” He added, “this group took steps to acquire three tons of ammonium nitrate and other components necessary to create explosive devices. To put this in context, the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people took one ton of ammonium nitrate. This group posed a real and serious threat. It had the capacity and intent to carry out these attacks.” Media reports have speculated that the cell considered an array of plots, including a plan to behead Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as well as to bomb the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Toronto office of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Press Release on Additional Charges In August 2006, Alkhalel Mohammed Aboud was charged in connection with the Project OSage probe.

- NEFA Foundation "Target: America" Report "Irhaby007's American Connections" In March 2005, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, who were indicted in Georgia in July 2006 for providing material support to terrorists, traveled to Toronto “to meet with likeminded Islamic extremists.” According to court filings, the men stayed until March 13th and “met regularly with at least three subjects of an FBI international terrorism investigation.” Press reports have identified two of those individuals as Fahim Ahmad and Jahmaal James, both of whom were charged in the Project OSage probe. Further, Ahmed and Sadequee “stayed with an individual with whom they were conspiring concerning…plots against civilian and military installations in the United States.” During interviews with FBI agents, Ahmed admitted that while in Canada the men “discussed strategic locations in the United States suitable for a terrorist strike, to include oil refineries and military bases.” The Ahmed indictment notes that after returning from Canada, Ahmed and Sadequee specifically talked about “the possibility of attacking Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia.” Court filings allege that while in Canada, the men “also plotted how to disable the Global Positioning System in an effort to disrupt military and commercial communications and traffic.”

• Hassan Almrei (Canada):

- Reasons for Order and Order In December 2005, Hassan Almrei, a Syrian national detained in Canada on a Security Certificate, requested to be released from detention. A judge ruled, "in balancing the interests of national security and personal liberty, I conclude that his release is not appropriate at this time." A Senior CSIS analyst testified before the court that "Almrei continues to pose a threat to the security of Canada. That is based, in part, on his past activities both in having participated in a jihad and in his participation in document forgery." Another CSIS analyst testified that "Almrei has a pedigree as an individual who has been in Afghanistan, who has been through training camps, who has been a member of the paramilitary forces of Ibn Khattab in Tajikistan and has experience as a foot soldier."

• Adil Charkaoui (Canada):

- Reasons for Judgment In this December 2004 ruling, a Canadian court addressed the case of Adil Charkaoui, a permanent resident arrested in May 2003 on a Security Certificate. The government believes that "the appellant is a member of the terrorist organization of Osama Bin Laden and that he has engaged, is engaging or will engage in terrorist activities." The court ruled that "we are of the opinion that the conclusions of the designated judge must be upheld and that the appeal should be dismissed with costs."

- Supreme Court Ruling This ruling concluded that the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27 (“IRPA”) "unjustifiably violates s. 7 of the Charter by allowing the issuance of a certificate of inadmissibility based on secret material without providing for an independent agent at the stage of judicial review to better protect the named person’s interests. I also conclude that some of the time limits in the provisions for continuing detention of a foreign national violate ss. 9 and 10(c) because they are arbitrary."

• Mohamed Harkat (Canada):

- Reasons for Order This March 2005 ruling explains why Harkat's Security Certificate is "reasonable." Harkat was first detained in December 2002. According to CSIS, "prior to arriving in Canada, Mr. Harkat engaged in terrorism by supporting terrorist activity, but he concealed from Canadian authorities that he had supported Islamic extremists and travelled to Afghanistan. He is a supporter of Afghani, Pakistani and Chechen extremists. Mr. Harkat supported terrorist activity as a member of the terrorist group known as the Bin Laden Network, which includes Al Qaida. Before and after he arrived in Canada Mr. Harkat was and is linked to individuals believed to be in this network." Further, "Mr. Harkat was a supporter of the Front islamique du salut ('FIS') in Algeria. When the FIS severed its links with the Groupe islamique armée ('GIA'), he indicated that his loyalties were with the GIA." Finally, "Mr. Harkat has associated with Abu Zubaida since the early 1990s...In March 2003, the service was advised that Abu Zubaida was able to identify Mr. Harkat by his physical description and his activities, including the fact that Mr. Harkat operated a guest house in Peshawar, Pakistan in the mid 1990s for mujahedeen travelling to Chechnya."

- Order Denying Release from Detention This December 2005 ruling notes that Harkat was also employed by the Muslim World League in Pakistan. Justice Dawson mused, “it is again difficult to believe that someone in Mr. Harkat's circumstance would be paid $18,000 U.S. while working in a refugee camp in Pakistan." Additionally, Harkat traveled "from Ottawa to Toronto, by van, with Ahmed Khadr, a high ranking associate of Osama Bin Laden..." The judge dismissed Harkat's application for release from detention.

- Order Releasing Harkat from Detention In May 2006, a judge ruled, "there has been an unexplained delay in the process necessary to determine whether Mr. Harkat may be removed from Canada. This delay has prolonged Mr. Harkat’s detention and constitutes a distinct departure from the circumstances previously before the Court. It follows that this second application for release is properly brought by Mr. Harkat." Harkat was thus ordered released if he abided by a number of conditions.

• Mourad Ikhlef (Canada):

- Reasons for Order and Order Ikhlef was detained on a security certificate due to his alleged ties to the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) and Ahmed Ressam. The court ruled in this document, "Said Atmani, Fatah Kamel, Adel Boumezbeur and Ahmed Ressam were all members of the same group of friends who met quite regularly in various apartments in Montréal. Mourad Ikhlef and his brother and Abdel Boumezbeur, all of whom testified at the hearing, also belonged to the group. It is worth noting that these four individuals, the ones named at the beginning of the paragraph, were found guilty by a French court of, inter alia, criminal association with a view to preparing an act of terrorism. Participation as an alleged member of a cell of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in Montréal must not be taken lightly." The court added, "the information that I had the opportunity to consider in camera and that I am not at liberty to disclose unequivocally supports the opinion that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Mourad Ikhlef was and still is a member of a terrorist group whose ramifications extend to the other terrorist organizations referred to earlier, inducing the organizations connected with Osama Bin Laden." In 2003, he was deported to Algeria.

• Mahmoud Jaballah (Canada):

- Ontario Superior Court of Justice: The Ruling on the Application to Stay the Habeas Corpus Proceedings This August 2005 ruling notes that "Mahmoud Es-Sayyid Jaballah is believed by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Solicitor General to be a member of the Egyptian Al Jihad who is in close contact with persons who are leaders of that organization." Jaballah was initially detained on a Security Certificate in March 1999; a new Security Certificate was issued in August 2001 based on new information. That new information included: "the presence of Mr. Jaballah's telephone number in the possession of Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub, a senior member of the Egyptian Al-Jihad and the Vanguards of Conquest, organizations that explicitly advocate violence as a means of establishing an Islamic state; information that Mr. Jaballah spent time in Afghanistan; and the information that certain people who had contact with Mr. Jaballah were active operatives with senior responsibility in Egyptian Al-Jihad and Al Qaeda, some of whom were involved in communications concerning the terrorist bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in August 1998."

- Reasons for Order: Regarding Continuing Detention and the Charter This February 2006 ruling dismissed Jaballah's application for release from detention, as a judge concluded that "Jaballah continues to be a danger to national security." This document reveals that "there are telephone records of some 75 calls from his telephone to London England, mainly to the International Office for Defence of the Egyptian People, believed to be an office with an operational link for Al Qaeda."

- Reasons for Order and Order: Re Lawfulness of September 23, 2005 Decision on Application for Protection This March 2006 ruling established "that the decision of September 23, 2005 denying Mr. Jaballah’s application for protection was lawfully made."

• Moussa Mohamed Kalifa (Canada):

- Immigration and Refugee Board Adjudication Division: Decision This October 2001 summarizes the case against Kalifa noting: "We then heard from the assistant chief of the anti-terrorism section of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. According to that witness, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had information that Mr. Kalifa is a member of a fighting Islamic group, the FIG in Libya. Moreover, on August 6, 2001, the Intelligence Service received information from the Italian authorities that Mr. Kalifa is the leader of a cell of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, the GSPC in Italy, and furthermore that he was or is involved in a planned attack against U.S. institutions." The adjudicator concluded, "Given that Mr. Kalifa is still claiming refugee status at this point, I am making a conditional deportation order against Mr. Kalifa under section 32.1(5)."

• Abdullah Ahmed Khadr (Canada):

- U.S. Complaint A complaint filed in a Massachusetts court charged Khadr with possession of a destructive device in furtherence of a crime of violence while in Afghanistan and Pakistan in October 2004.

- U.S. Indictment Khadr, whose father "was a trusted associate" of Usama Bin Laden, was charged with conspiring to kill a U.S. national outside the U.S. According to the indictment, Khadr "purchased AK-47 ammunition, PK ammunition (for use in Russian PK machine guns), rocket propelled grenades, rockets, and 82 mm and 120 mm mortar rounds. Khadr distributed such munitions...for use by Al Qaeda and other fighters in killing United States and Coalition Forces military personnel and other United States nationals in Afghanistan..."

- Affidavit of FBI Special Agent Gregory Hughes According to Hughes, who interviewed Khadr, Khadr was born in Canada in 1981 but moved with his family to Pakistan. He admitted attending the Khalden training camp in Afghanistan. In 2003, his father had been vested "with operational responsibility for organizing attacks against United States and Coalition Forces in the border area of Afghanistan near Shagai, Pakistan." While he told Hughes that "Canada should not be attack unless that country did something against Muslims to warrant it, Khadr said that the United States was a different matter..."

- U.S. Superseding Indictment A superseding indictment charged Khadr with providing material support to terrorists.

- Ontario Supreme Court of Justice: Reasons for Judgment In January 2006, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice explained why it denied Khadr bail pending extradition proceedings. This filing states, "Mr. Khadr failed to satisfy me that he would likely appear for his extradition hearing if I released him on bail. On the contrary, I believe there is a substantial risk he would flee this jurisdiction if released."

- Ontario Supreme Court of Justice: Reasons on Motion This November 2006 document ordered "that the Attorney General file and serve on behalf of the United States of America its application record containing affidavits upon which it intends to rely not later than ten days before the commencement of the week which the motion to exclude evidence and the application for stay of proceedings brought by Mr. Khadr is to be heard."

• Omar Ahmed Khadr (Canada):

- Reasons for Order and Order This October 2004 ruling addressed the case of Omar Khadr, "a 17 year-old Canadian citizen who has been detained since 2002 by the US government as a result of his alleged involvement with Al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. He is currently being held at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay." According to this filing, "the Plaintiffs alleges that, on at least two occasions, Canadian government agents interviewed Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay and provided information obtained therefrom to US officials. It is argued that, in failing to advise him of his right to silence, his right to counsel his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) were infringed." The plaintiffs' motion was dismissed.

- Reasons for Order and Order This May 2005 ruling dismissed another plaintiff challenge that claimed Khadr's rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) were infringed.

- Supreme Court Ruling (Added 5/23/08) The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian government must produce "unredacted copies of all documents, records and other materials in their possession which might be relevant to the charges against" Omar Ahmed Khadr, currently detained as a result of his alleged involvement with Al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. Khadr, now 21, is a Canadian citizen.

• Mohammad Momin Khawaja - Project Awaken (Canada):

- Reasons for Order Khawaja was arrested in Ottawa in March 2004 and charged in connection with his role in a British cell that plotted attacks in the U.K.; five of those cell members were convicted of terrorism charges in April 2007 in England. This document describes evidence provided by Mohammed Junaid Babar, a U.S. citizen of Pakistani origin who pled guilty to providing material support to Al-Qaida in a New York courtroom in June 2004 and later testified against the British cell. In this document, a Canadian judge ruled, "I conclude that the Attorney General has met the onus upon him to establish that the disclosure of most of the information at issue would be injurious to national security or to international relations...However, I have also concluded that in the particular context of this application where the respondent faces serious criminal charges for which he could receive a lengthy sentence of imprisonment should he be convicted; the public interest in disclosure outweighs the public interest in non-disclosure to the extent that it would be appropriate to provide a summary of the information as contemplated by subsection 38.06(2) of the Act."

• Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub (Canada):

- Reasons for Order and Order In November 2005, a Canadian judge ruled that "Mr. Mahjoub has not satisfied me that his release would not pose a danger to national security or to the safety of any person." The judge further noted, "Mr. Mahjoub was a high-ranking member of the VOC [Vanguard of Conquest], which is a faction of the AJ [al-Jihad, a.k.a. Egyptian Islamic Jihad]. Mr. Mahjoub was a member of the Shura council of the VOC, and as such would normally participate in the decision-making process of that terrorist organization...Mr. Mahjoub had significant contacts with persons associated with international Islamic terrorism including Osama Bin Laden, Ahmad Said Khadr, Essam Hafez Marzouk, Ahmed Agiza, and Mubarak Al Duri. He also had contact with Mahmoud Jaballah." Moreover, "Mr. Mahjoub testified at the inquiry...that while residing in Sudan, he worked for Osama Bin Laden and had met with him on a number of occasions."

• Said Namouh (Canada):

- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Press Release on Charges In September 2007, Canadian authorities charged Said Namouh, who moved to Canada in 2003 after marrying a Quebec resident, with conspiring for the purpose of delivering, placing, discharging or detonating an explosive in a place outside Canada; according to investigators, Namouh worked with an individual in Austria to set off a car bomb at an undetermined location. Testimony during a hearing for Namouh revealed that he was heavily involved as an Al-Qaida online propagandist, collaborating closely with the Global Islamic Media Front. As RCMP Investigator Michael Hanigan testified, "they are in a way the spokesmen for al-Qaeda." When authorities searched Namouh's Canadian residence, they discovered mountains of jihadist videos and photos. Talking online, Namouh explained that he purposely laid roots in the small town of Maskinonge, pointing out that many mosques in Ottara and Montreal are monitored by police and the presence of Muslim informants further complicates the environment. Namouh wrote, "executing a project is very easy here."

• Mohammad Ashraf Siddiqui (Canada):

- Reasons for Judgment and Judgment This January 2007 ruling evaluated the case of Mohammad Ashraf Siddiqui, who "while at college...attended meetings of a Mohajir student organization, which...ultimately became the Mohajir Quomi Movement (MQM)." The document explains, "the Applicant contended that the original MQM was dedicated to defending the Mohajir against discrimination from the Sindh and Punjabi majority in Pakistan. In 1990 the MQM divided into the MQM-A (the main group to which the Applicant continued to belong) and the MQM-H (the dissident offshoot)...he was kidnapped by the MQM-H and held for five days." In 1999, he was granted refugee status in Canada; but, in 2001, when he applied for permanent residence, an official asserted that he "was inadmissible on security grounds for 'being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts” which include acts of subversion by force and terrorism." Significantly, "at the time of the Applicant’s hearing before the Board, another Board member in a decision regarding Javed Memon (A5-00256) had examined the same package of documents as were before the Applicant’s Board and reached the conclusion that the evidence was insufficient to support a reasonable belief that the MQM-A had engaged in terrorism between 1990 and 1992." Thus, the judge concluded, "the decision under review is patently unreasonable and breaches the principles of fairness. It will be quashed and the matter remitted to a different panel of the Board for a new determination."

• Bilal Abdullah - London/Glasgow Plots (England):

- Crown Prosecution Service Press Release on Charges In July 2007, the Crown Prosecution Service charged Bilal Abdullah with conspiracy to cause explosions due to his involvement in the botched June 2007 London bombing and the follow-up attack on Glasgow Airport.

• Ismail Abdurahman et al. - 7/21 Bombing Support (England):

- Metropolitan Police Service Police Press Release on Convictions and Sentencing (Added 2/4/08) Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali, Ismail Abdurahman, Abdul Waxid Sherif, Wahbi Mohamed and Muhedin Ali were convicted in a British court of assisting the 7/21 London plotters, whose attempts to follow-up the 7/7 suicide bombers' deadly attacks fortuitously failed. Two of the convicted individuals are brothers of would-be bombers. The conspirators offered support in a variety of ways, including providing lodging, food, and travel documents. What's more, according to the Met Police, "before 21/7 Siraj Ali and Wahbi Mohammed knew there were plans to bomb London and failed to alert to the authorities." In February 2008, Mohammed (the brother of Oval bomber Ramzi Mohammed) received a seventeen year prison term; Abdul Waxid Sherif (the brother of Shepherd's Bush bomber Hussain Osman) was sentenced to ten years in prison. Siraj Ali was sentenced to 12 years, Abdurahman to 10 years, and Muhedin Ali to seven years. In July 2007, 7/21 plotters Muktar Ibrahim, Yasin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Hussain Osman were sentenced to life in prison. In November 2007, co-conspirator Manfo Kwaku Asiedu pled guilty to conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life and was sentenced to 33 years in prison.

• Sabeel Ahmed (England):

- Farewell Email from Kafeel Ahmed (Added 4/12/08) Prosecutors in England have released the transcript of an email written by Kafeel Ahmed to his brother, Sabeel Ahmed, shortly before Kafeel crashed his burning Jeep Cherokee into a terminal at Glasgow Airport in June 2007. Sabeel Ahmed, a doctor from Bangalore, India who was working at a British hospital, read the email the night of the attack, but failed to alert authorities. He pled guilty to possessing information that could have prevented an act of terrorism and received an 18 month prison sentence.

• Raingzieb Ahmed (England):

- Greater Manchester Police Press Release on Charges In September 2007, Raingzieb Ahmed was charged under the Terrorism Act 2000. According to the press release, "between 22 April 2004 and 24 August 2006 [Ahmed] directed the activities of an organisation which was concerned in the commission of acts of terrorism." During that same time frame, he possessed "three books containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism..." Finally, between 1 January 2006 and 24 January 2007, he possessed "a rucksack containing traces of explosive." Ahmed had been held in Pakistan for over a year due to suspected links to terrorism, and he was arrested at Heathrow Airport upon his return to England.

• Omar Altimimi (England):

- Greater Manchester Police Press Release on Conviction In May 2007, a British jury convicted Omar Altimimi of six offences under the Terrorism Act 2000 and two offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Porter, head of the Greater Manchester Police Counter Terrorism Unit, remarked: "We will never know who Altimimi really is. He developed a range of identities, which would allow him to expand his terrorist activities. He is a congenital liar and has lied throughout this investigation...Altimimi arrived in Bolton and then used his wife and children in a bid to blend into the community appearing as an ordinary family. But behind closed doors he was downloading shocking videos of executions, bomb-making recipes and information on how to establish a terrorist cell. He appears to have been a 'sleeper' remaining in the shadows waiting and preparing for action...We will never know exactly what Altimimi was preparing to do but it was clear he had support and links with terrorists across the world." This press release reveals that the Altimimi investigation spanned fourteen countries.

- Crown Prosecution Service Press Release Susan Hemming, head of the CPS Counter Terrorism Division, noted that "this case originally started out as a fraud investigation but was widened once police began looking at computers belonging to Altimimi and found files on them relating to terrorist activities and information." Altimimi was arrested at the same time as Yusuf Abdullah, who has pled guilty to acquiring $54,610 of criminal property.

- ID Card Altimimi used three different names and eight bank accounts. This ID card shows him using one of those names.

• Sajid Badat - Would-Be Shoe Bomber (England):

- Metropolitan Police Service Press Release on Guilty Plea In April 2005, Sajid Badat, a British Al-Qaida operative, was sentenced to 13 years in prison in England after pleading guilty in February 2005 to conspiracy to destroy, damage or endanger an aircraft. Badat conspired with Richard Reid in a plot, directed by 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), to down two U.S.-bound commercial airliners with shoe bombs in December 2001. According to this document, "when officers arrested Badat at his Gloucestershire home in November 2003 they found high explosives and detonator cord, component parts of a device that had been disassembled...Badat, who received training in Afghanistan and Pakistan, had been given an explosive device specially designed to evade airport security." Unlike Reid, who failed in his attempt to bomb American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, Badat lost his nerve and withdrew from the plot at the last moment, telling police he wanted to “get away from danger and introduce some calm in his life.”

- DOJ Press Release on Indictment In October 2004, Badat was indicted in Massachusetts federal court on a number of
charges, including conspiracy to destroy an aircraft and conspiracy to commit homicide.

- U.S. State Department Press Release Designating Badat a Foreign Terrorist The U.S. State Department designated Badat a "Foreign Terrorist" in December 2005.

- Director of National Intelligence Information on Badat's Ties to KSM and 'Ammar al-Baluchi In announcing the transfer of 14 “high value terrorist detainees” from CIA “black sites” to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Director of National Intelligence revealed the role played by KSM’s nephew ‘Ammar al-Balucchi: “In late 2001 in Afghanistan, KSM directed ‘Ammar to be the communications intermediary between al-Qa’ida and ‘shoe bombers’ Richard Reid and Saajid Badat.” (In addition to assisting the shoe bomb plot, ‘Ammar “played an important role” in the 9/11 plot “by transferring money to US-based operatives and acting as a travel facilitator to hijackers transiting the UAE…”)

- NEFA "Target: America" Report "KSM's Transatlantic Shoe Bomb Plot"

• Dhiren Barot et al. - Operation Rhyme (England):

- Metropolitan Police Service Press Release on Charges In August 2004, Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, Qaisar Shaffi, Mohammed Naveed Bhatti, Abdul Aziz Jalil, Omar Abdul Rehman, Junade Feroze, and Zia Ul-Haq were charged in England with conspiring to commit murder. Matthew Phillip Monks was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.

- Metropolitan Police Service Press Release on Barot Sentencing Barot, who attended terrorist training camps in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Philippines, pled guilty in October 2006, admitting he conspired to commit murder in the U.K. and the U.S. In November 2006, Barot was jailed for life, though that sentence was reduced to thirty years on appeal. According to the Met Police, Barot and his cell plotted mass-casualty, coordinated attacks in the U.K., “including detonating a dirty bomb, launching an attack on a train and packing three limousines with gas cylinders and explosives before setting them off in underground car parks." Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of the Met Counter Terrorism Command, said, “He is a full-time terrorist. His training showed through. He used anti-surveillance, coded messages and secret meetings...”

- Crown Prosecution Service Press Release on Barot Sentencing This press release pointed out that "the charge of conspiracy to murder covered a four year period and included a wide range criminal activity, involving plans for attacks in the UK and attacks on buildings in the USA, including: the IMF and World Bank buildings, Washington; the New York Stock Exchange and Citigroup buildings, New York; and the Prudential Building, Newark, New Jersey."

- Crown Prosecution Service Press Release on Qaisar Shaffi Conviction In June 2007, Shaffi, a member of "one of the most dangerous terrorist cells in the UK," was convicted of conspiracy to murder. Junade Feroze, Zia Ul Haq, Abdul Aziz Jalil,  Omar Abdur Rehman, and Nadeem Tarmohamed, pled guilty to causing explosions before Shaffi's trial.

- Metropolitan Police Service Press Release on Conviction and Sentencing of Barot's Support Cell In June 2007, Qaisar Shaffi was sentenced to 15 years in jail. The six other support cell members were sentenced to between 15 and 26 years in prison. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of the Met Counter Terrorism Command, commented, “…they were the planning team and were needed by Barot to contribute expertise in areas that he was lacking. They were the trusted few who researched, carried out reconnaissance and supported Barot. Each had a different role to play. Barot needed minders and drivers - people who could look after him as he carried out reconnaissance and conducted his meetings. He needed people to carry out research,15 gain access to specialist libraries, supply vehicles, false identities and travel documents, bank accounts, money and safe houses. These terrorists were skilled in anti-surveillance techniques, the use of coded messages and arranging secret meetings. Indeed, on one occasion Feroze and Jalil travelled literally hundreds of miles to use an internet café before returning to London to continue with their planning. “

- U.S. Indictment of Barot et al. In April 2005, U.S. prosecutors announced the indictment of Dhiren Barot, Nadeem Tarmohamed, and Qaisar Shaffi on charges of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, providing material support to terrorists, and conspiring to destroy buildings. Barot and his coconspirators conducted chillingly detailed surveillance on the Citigroup Center, the New York Stock Exchange, the Prudential Plaza, the International Monetary Fund Building, and the World Bank. By striking at the heart of the U.S. economy, Barot hoped to further Usama Bin Laden's goal of "bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy" and, in the words of a senior Justice Department official, "kill as many Americans as possible."

- DOJ Press Release on Barot Indictment

- Picture of Dhiren Barot (Added 3/6/08) The Met Police released this charge photo of Dhiren Barot.

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Junade Feroze and Picture (Added 3/6/08) According to the Met Police, Feroze "was amongst Barot's most trusted associates...Through his family's business he had access to vehicles, tyres and gas canisters which would have been useful in carrying out the attacks." Further, "his attendance at talks and lectures given by the radical and convicted clerics Abdullah-el-Faisal and Abu Hamza, together with material found both at his home and the Safestore in Blackburn (rented in a false name) established that he subscribes to an extreme form of ideology."

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Zia Ul Haq and Picture (Added 3/6/08) This fact sheet states that "Ul Haq helped Barot with the UK and US terrorist planning." Additionally, "handwritten notes found in the garage at Bolton Road, Harrow, were in Ul Haq's handwriting and had his fingerprints on them. The notes were about the properties and explosive effects of compressed gas cylinders, the principal explosive referred to in the UK attack plans."

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Abdul Aziz Jalil and Picture (Added 3/6/08) Jalil "was amongst Barot's most trusted associates...and provided the support Barot needed to be able to operate in the UK." His "laptop contained files relevant to the recovered terrorist plans and it was used to view the four American attack proposals in February 2004."

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Omar Abdur Rehman and Picture (Added 3/6/08) The Met Police assesses that "Rehman was of considerable use in preparing the attack plans. While he was working at the Ramada hotel renovation work was being carried out. This gave him the opportunity to observe the fire alarm system and the means of disabling - this is referred to in the early draft of a section of the UK attack plans."

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Qaisar Shaffi and Picture (Added 3/6/08) Shaffi traveled with Barot to the U.S. on Barot's second reconnaissance trip.

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Nadeem Tarmohamed and Picture (Added 3/6/08) Tarmohamed twice traveled to the U.S with Barot to conduct reconnaissance. Reflecting the close relationship between the two, Barot dedicated his book "The Army of Madinah in Kashmir" to Tarmohamed, and the two held joint held joint credit cards. A search of his home turned up a hard drive "which contained files showing he had helped Barot produce the attack plans."

- Met Police Fact Sheet on Mohammed Naveed Bhatti and Picture (Added 3/6/08) Bhatti provided support to the conspiracy, which entailed "the use of his home to store the planning materials, access to the computer at Bolton Road, Harrow, financial, transportation etc."

- Barot's Targeting Package on the Citigroup Center (Added 3/6/08) Barot authored a forty-five page targeting package on the Citigroup Center, located on Manhattan's East Side. In his notes on the Center, Barot suggested five tactics for carrying out an attack: A) “Park a vehicle next to one of the columns.” B) “Park a vehicle directly on Lexington Avenue near the front entrance.” C) “Rent office space inside Citigroup itself.” D) “Arson (hijacking petrol/oil tankers or anything similar and steering in…)…also be advised that Kerosene burns more powerfully than an ordinarily fueled fire (although it may not be hot enough to melt steel unless used in very large quantities).” E) “Flying object.” Barot excitedly described the significant amount of glass in the building: “...this building is almost completely made to resemble a glass house – which could be devastating in an emergency scenario…when shattered, each piece of glass becomes a potential flying piece of cutthroat shrapnel!!”

- Barot's Targeting Package on the New York Stock Exchange (Added 3/6/08) Barot assembled a 28-page targeting package that reveals a thorough attention to detail. He wrote, “approximately 13 vehicles pass by the main NYSE entrance per minute,” and “approximately 14 persons pass by the NYSE every minute – on each side of the sidewalk.” Turning his attention to the building’s vulnerabilities, Barot wrote, “remember to note that there are windows behind the six columns at the main entrance on Broad Street…This may render it a little fragile – depending on the type of glass. However, it is quite high up.”

- Barot's Targeting Package on the Prudential Plaza (Added 3/6/08) Barot’s cell researched the possibility of attacking the Prudential Plaza in Newark, New Jersey. In the thirty-seven page package he compiled on the Prudential Plaza, Barot argued that “the most obvious technique to utilize…if you do not mind history repeating itself, would be a limousine in the V.I.P. underground car park with all except the front seats removed...” This tactic is advantageous because “large vans or anything of similar size may not fit through the entrance” and “only limousines can be seen entering/leaving this area anyways (black ones). Moreover an added benefit for utilizing this method is that the underground V.I.P. car park is situated directly underneath the center of the main offices that rise up." While the limousine operation was Barot’s preference, Barot added that “arson in general may be the best chance."

- Barot's Targeting Package on the International Monetary Fund & World Bank (Added 3/6/08) Barot’s 28-page targeting package on the IMF demonstrates a methodical surveillance effort. Barot also provided information on the surrounding area, listing the proximity of military bases, fire stations, police stations, schools/libraries, hospitals, and airports. Proposing “escape routes,” he wrote, “public transport/Taxis etc. or your own means. Overall, Barot described a challenging security environment, commenting, “the IMF building and the entire area has more security attending than any top corporation that you might think of, since the authorities are committed to its protection.” Barot assessed that the “closest you will probably get to the building is by visiting the IMF Center” or by “go[ing] into the World Bank bookshop.” While much of Barot’s notes on the World Bank have been redacted by British authorities, the document does state, “outside the building there is no extended pavement, i.e. vehicle ramming is possible.” Suggesting sources for further research, he wrote that “the most comprehensive source of information about the Bank’s work is its Public Information Center."

- Barot's "Rough Presentation for Gas Limos Project" (Added 3/6/08) Given Barot’s suggestion that operatives detonate explosives in a limousine parked in the Prudential Center’s basement, it is worth noting that Barot produced a detailed report on the specifics of what he termed the “Gas Limos Project.” Identifying his goals at the outset, Barot established five primary objectives: 1) Able to benefit Deen; 2) To be able to inflict mass damage and chaos; 3) Ease of procurement (for materials); 4) Relatively safe for handling; 5) Internationally applicable (transferable). For Barot, “ease of procurement” was critically important due to the fact that “in much of the western world it is not always possible/feasible to obtain real destructive ingredients, e.g. common explosives.” Thus, “from the beginning the project was based on being an improvised destructive device, hence the choice of gas.” Turning his attention to the method of hiding/delivering the IED, he laid out requirements for a vehicle, including being able to drive into underground parking areas and navigate tight corners. Additionally, the vehicle must have tinted windows “to hide the IED” and “must be able to…look the part” since “many car parks, especially in central areas are frequented by expensive executive cars that are driven by VIPs and businessmen.”

- "Final Presentation" (Added 3/6/08) This document summarizes Barot's research on the production of a radiation dispersal device (RDD), or "dirty bombs."

- "Hazard" (Added 3/6/08) This document is similar to the "Final Presentation" and "represents the product of open source research into the use of radioactive materials for terrorist purposes."

- Barot's "The Army of Madinah in Kashmir" (Added 3/6/08) Using the name ‘Esa al-Hindi, Barot authored a book titled "The Army of Madinah in Kashmir." In that book, Barot wrote: “The United States of America today as we know it could be described as the tip of the spear against al-Islam in modern times. It is the foremost member of the elite Grand Seven (these are predominantly a collection of caucasian, racist, supremacist nations) in the United Nations, and has the greatest sway over the right to vote. Being in the driving seat of this alliance, one would think it quite easy for her to strongly urge…the government of New Delhi to bring to a cessation its mass violations of numerous U.N. policies.”

- Photo of Bhatti's Computer Room and Photo of Bhatti's Garage #1 and Photo of Garage #2 and Photo of Garage #3 and Brunei Univ. ID Card and Petrol Tanker Driver Advertisement (Added 3/6/08) The Met Police notes that authorities searching Bhatti's address in Bolton Road, Harrow discovered "documents and files on computer hard drives [that] contained research material for the targeting plans." Also at Bhatti's address, investigators discovered a fake Brunei University ID card with Barot's picture on it, which Barot used to conduct research; Bhatti was a student at Brunei. Authorities discovered a hiring notice for an oil tanker driver at Bhatti’s home.

- Photo of Visa Application in False Name and Photo of Feroze's Home (Added 3/6/08) When searching Feroze's home, authorities found a Pakistani visa application in the fake name of Haris Feroze. Barot utilized that visa, along with a forged passport, to travel to Pakistan in February 2004.

- Photo of Ul Haq's Will and Photo of Ul Haq's Home#1 and Photo of Ul Haq's Home #2 (Added 3/6/08) Seized during a search of Ul Haq's home, this will states: "Ask bro's and sisters to forgive me."

- Photo of Jalil's Handwritten Instructions #1 and Photo of Instructions #2 and Photo of Instructions #3 and Application for Large Goods Vehicle License (Added 3/6/08) Seized during a search of Ul Haq's home, this will states: "Ask bro's and sisters to forgive me." Authorities also found an application for a Large Goods Vehicle license, filled out in the name of Abdul Aziz Jalil.

- Photo of Rehman's Notes on Fire Alarm Systems (Added 3/6/08) When searching Rehman's residence, investigators found notes on fire alarm systems.

- Photo of Hazardous Chemicals - Desk Reference Book and Photo of Hazardous Chemicals Handbook (Added 3/6/08) According to the Met Police, these books "were traced to University College Library Science Section and detectives were able to match possession of some of the books to Barot through fingerprints. The information gained from this book assisted Barot to develop his 'gas limos' project..."

- Photo of Barot's Handwritten Notes on Military Training #1 and Photo of Training Notes #2 and Photo of Training Notes #3 (Added 3/6/08) According to the Met Police, these notes were "made by Barot" and are "consistent with receiving pseudo military training in field craft, weapons, ambushes, and the preparation and placement of explosives, home made explosives and improvised explosive devices. These were linked to Barot by fingerprints, handwriting, and forensic linguistics."

- Map of Barot's Surveillance Route in NYC and Key to Route (Added 3/6/08) According to the Met Police, these notes were "made by Barot" and are "consistent with receiving pseudo military training in field craft, weapons, ambushes, and the preparation and placement of explosives, home made explosives and improvised explosive devices. These were linked to Barot by fingerprints, handwriting, and forensic linguistics."

- Barot's World Bank Book (Added 3/6/08) According to the Met Police, these notes were "made by Barot" and are "consistent with receiving pseudo military training in field craft, weapons, ambushes, and the preparation and placement of explosives, home made explosives and improvised explosive devices. These were linked to Barot by fingerprints, handwriting, and forensic linguistics."

- NEFA "Target: America" Report "The East Coast Buildings Plot"

• Kamel Bourgass - Ricin Plot (England):