Biography
Kifah Jayyousi, a co-defendant with Jose Padilla and Adham Hassoun, was a mechanical engineer who ran an organization called American Worldwide Relief, which provided relief supplies to Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Chechnya. He was accused of providing money, equipment, and material support to terrorists, though these claims were not substantiated with evidence. He also published a newsletter called the “Islam Report” that allegedly encouraged readers to raise money for Islamic causes.
Case characteristics: FBI confidential informant, cooperated with prosecutors. 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
