Ehsanul "Shifa" Sadequee (born July 30, 1986, in
Fairfax, Virginia)
is an American who was arrested by the
FBI on four terrorism charges, convicted, and sentenced to 17 years in prison, to be followed by 30 years of supervised release.
Life
Sadequee was born in Virginia and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest of four siblings in a Bangladeshi-American family.
He lived with his mother, brother, and sister at the family home in
Roswell, Georgia
Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2010 census, the city had a population of 88,346. The 2020 estimated population was 94,884, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A close suburb of Atla ...
before his arrest.
He and
Syed Haris Ahmed became active on several web forums discussing Islam.
In March 2005, Sadequee and Ahmed both traveled to
Toronto aboard a
Greyhound bus, to meet with people met online,
Fahim Ahmad Fahim Ahmad (born August 10, 1984) is one of 11 people convicted in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case. He was a ringleader in the group. He was 21 years old at the time of arrest, and married with two children.
Life
Fahim Ahmad was born in Afghanista ...
,
Jahmaal James and another youth,
[ CBC]
Among the Believers; Timeline
/ref> who were subjects of a Canadian anti-terrorism investigation.[ PBS, Frontline]
Canada: The Cell Next Door
January 30, 2007 Police informant Mubin Shaikh later stated that he believed the two Americans had been asking whether they would be able to hide in Canada if they were to carry out attacks in the United States.John F. Kennedy Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (colloquially referred to as JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, New York-JFK, or simply JFK) is the main international airport serving New York City. The airport is the busiest of the seven airports in the New ...
he was questioned by two Joint Terrorism Task Force agents. When questioned about the bus trip, Sadequee stated he had traveled alone and stayed with his aunt ''Manju'' in the city, rather than with the subject of a Canadian anti-terrorism investigation.[United States of America -against- Ensanul Islam Sadequee]
Affidavit in support of arrest warrant by Michael Scherck
March 28, 2006 Upon searching his luggage, the agents discovered two CD-ROM
A CD-ROM (, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data. Computers can read—but not write or erase—CD-ROMs. Some CDs, called enhanced CDs, hold both comput ...
s hidden in the lining of his suitcase.
His story, including interviews with his family and former counter-terrorism officials, is told in the February 2016 HBO Documentary ''Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma''.
Arrest
After the Toronto terror arrests in June 2006, he was charged with making a false statement for his lie in the airport about the bus trip, and placed under arrest.
In a bail hearing for Sadequee, prosecutors alleged that both men traveled to Washington, D.C. to make "casing videos" of the United States Capitol building, the World Bank, a Masonic temple
A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract spiritual goal and the conceptual ritualistic space of a meeting.
Development and history
In ...
and a fuel depot, and that Sadequee had then sent the video to Irhabi007
Younes Tsouli is a Moroccan-born resident of the United Kingdom who, in 2007, was found guilty of incitement to commit acts of terrorism (a crime introduced in the Terrorism Act 2006) and sentenced to 16 years in prison. His crimes were carried ...
of London who in 2007 was found guilty of incitement to commit acts of terrorism and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
References
External links
Free Shifa
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2006 Ontario terrorism plot
Living people
1986 births
American people of Bangladeshi descent
People from Fairfax, Virginia
People from Roswell, Georgia
People convicted on terrorism charges
American people imprisoned on charges of terrorism