Biography
Hassan Abu-Jihaad was a Navy signalman who disclosed the location of USS Benfold in an online forum. Authorities taped a phone conversation between Abu-Jihaad and an informant, in which Abu-Jihaad spoke in code regarding the movement of naval ships. Abu-Jihaad was a former roommate of Derrick Shareef, who conspired to attack an Illinois shopping mall and was caught in an FBI sting.
Case characteristics: FBI confidential informant, FISA surveillance. Organization referenced in charging documents: Al Qaeda.
Case data and description from The Intercept's Trial and Terror project (Trevor Aaronson and Margot Williams), licensed CC BY-NC. Source: https://github.com/theintercept/trial-and-terror-data
Case
Phoenix RRM
