Clean Version Of Today's Gadahn Video
As CNN discovered, the encoding of the latest Adam Gadahn video is faulty, resulting in the video juddering and getting badly out of sync with the audio. I have a cleaned-up version of the video available. For the next couple days, I will make it freely available to media outlets who agree to credit INTELWIRE.com.
Contact information here.Still no confirmation of the arrest from U.S. officials, which raises two questions in my mind. First, do they really have him? And second, might Pakistani politicians try trading him for Aafia Siddiqui.
Public sentiment in Pakistan is wildly supportive of Siddiqui, a Pakistani with roots in Boston, who was convicted last month of trying to kill federal agents. Pakistani diplomats have been trying to secure her release for months. Gadahn is the kind of bargaining chip that could make a difference, but if they try, they're going to destroy a lot of the goodwill -- and financial incentive -- that they could otherwise reap from the arrest.
Labels: Aafia-Siddiqui, Adam-Gadahn, American-Al-Qaeda, American-Jihadists, Azzam-the-American
Aafia Siddiqui Psychiatric and Medical Reports
9/3/2008: Letter to the court describing Aafia Siddiqui arrest and treatment in detention, injuries, strip-search issues9/11/2008: Psychiatric Evaluation of Aafia SiddiquiThe psychiatric evaluation evaluated Siddiqui as having an Axis I diagnosis of Depressive Type Psychosis, which can involve suicidal thoughts and behavior, confusion and delusions. The diagnosis has some history in arguments over whether a defendant is competent to stand trial.
Video of Aafia Siddiqui interrogation (offsite)Labels: Aafia-Siddiqui, American-Jihadists
Aafia Siddiqui Indictment
The Justice Department indicted alleged al Qaeda member Aafia Siddiqui in New York yesterday. According to the indictment, she was carrying handwritten notes on a "mass casualty attack" at the time of her arrest, including notes on chemical and radioactive dispersal devices (dirty bombs), along with photos of U.S. landmarks (including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and more).
She was also carrying a thumb drive with "correspondence that referred to specific 'cells' and 'attacks' by certain 'cells.' Other documents referred to 'enemies,' including the United States, and discussed recruitment and training."
Indictment of Aafia SiddiquiLabels: Aafia-Siddiqui, American-Jihadists
