June 25, 2004
U. of Idaho Graduate Student Is Acquitted of Using Web Sites to Foster Terrorism
A graduate student at the University of Idaho was acquitted this month of federal charges that he had fostered terrorism by running Web sites devoted to Islamic causes.
The most serious and closely watched charges against Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a computer-science student from Saudi Arabia, stemmed from a controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act that makes it illegal to provide advice and assistance to terrorist groups.
Prosecutors from the U.S. attorney's office in Boise,
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