| Al Qaeda Aider Granted
Compassionate Release and Now Email
Protections For NYU Program
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 16 – Wesam El-Hanafi
was indicted in 2010 for
material support to Al Qaeda.
He pleaded guilty
in 2012 and was sentenced to
15 years imprisonment in 2015
by U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Kimba M. Wood.
On May 19,
2020 El-Hanafi was granted
compassionate release from the
Butner federal prison amid
COVID-19 cases there. And on
June 16 he sought a
modification of supervised
released in a proceeding
before Judge Wood. Inner City
Press covered it.
The
proceeding largely focused on
El-Hanafi's access to the
Internet. He is looking into
applying to an NYU
cyber-security
program.
His lawyer
Sarah Kunstler said, "If
Probation does not want him to
associate with Mr. Koch, then
he won't. But it's not a
ground for access to Mr.
El-Hanafi's work
e-mails."
Judge Wood asked the Probation
Officer, You're saying no need
to report to his
employer?
Probation
Officer Kelly replied, As to
search and seizures, the
Judicial Conference approved
guidelines.
Judge Wood followed up, You
can do physical searches under
current conditions, including
of an employer's
server?
Probation: Yes.
Next Probation said that an
employer could see that its
server had been accessed by
the
government.
Judge Wood:
Assuming arguendo that would
not be desirable from an
employment perspective, could
you build in some judicial
review? [This is
characteristic of Judge Wood:
compassionate, soft spoken,
solution focused. Still, others
may view it differently.]
The answer
being yes, Judge Wood ruled:
Defense counsel should draft
something that seems
reasonable, and confer with
Probation Officer Kelly, and
bring it to me, if any
disputes. Work it out by
Friday?
Agreed.
El-Hanafi
thanked Judge Wood for
compassionate release.
The case is US v.
El-Hanafi, 10-cr-162
(Wood).
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