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With over 25 years of experience in representing individuals in federal national security cases and investigations, the NSCDC has identified the trends and tactics used in these cases and developed robust defense strategies and briefing to address them. Our cases demonstrate the novel issues and trends in national security prosecutions, and the importance of specialized defense assistance.
USA v. Baptiste
Samuel Baptiste was targeted by the FBI in an undercover sting operation. The operation was abruptly concluded when Baptiste identified two of the undercover operatives as FBI employees.
USA v. Amer Alhaggagi
Alhaggagi was the target of a sting operation. When the operation failed, when Alhaggagi refused to participate in an actual attack, the government charged him with identity theft and providing material support to terrorism in the form of services to ISIS.
Al-Amin v. Howard
Jamil Al-Amin was convicted of homicide in 2002 in state court in Georgia. He was subsequently transferred to the federal prison system.
USA v. Clark
Mr. Clark is a 39-year-old U.S. citizen and African American revert to Islam. In 2011, Mr. Clark made political statements online supporting Al-Shabaab and denouncing the U.S. role in Iraq and Afghanistan.
USA v. Dempsey
Mr. Brian Dempsey is a 52-year-old white revert to Islam from an Irish Catholic background. He converted to Islam in 2008. Mr. Dempsey attempted to travel back to the United States after Ahrar Al-Sham suspected him of being a spy.
USA v. Fong
Mr. Fong was 25 when he reverted to Islam in January 2020. After he reverted, an investigation into him was immediately opened, and he was targeted by state and federal undercover online operatives.
United States of America v. Georgianna A.M. Giampietro
A mother of two and a child therapist, Ms. Giampietro was moved by the plight of the Syrian children who had become victims of the civil war. Her activism led her to convert to Islam in 2014.
United States v. Harcevic
Armin Harcevic is a Bosnian refugee who built a successful contracting business in the US. In 2014, he learned a fellow Bosnian who went to his Mosque in St. Louis, Mr. Paraza, had traveled to Syria to fight against Bashar al-Assad in the early stages of the Syrian Civil War.
United States v. Mustafa Kamal
The U.S. Attorney’s office identified a Muslim community member who was suffering from mental health issues including manic and psychotic symptoms as a potential terrorist following statements he made online allegedly threatening a former president.
United States of America v. Noor Zahi Salman
On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen attacked The Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding 53. After Mateen was shot and killed by Law Enforcement, the FBI interrogated Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman, for over 12 hours, ultimately securing a purported confession that she had accompanied him during scouting trips and was aware of his plan to attack The Pulse.
USA v. Shareef
Rafia Shareef is a 66-year-old Pakistani-American woman from San Bernardino, California. As the mother of the shooter involved in the tragic San Bernardino incident, she was accused of a felony charge of destruction and mutilation of records central to a federal charge.
United States of America v. Asia Siddiqui
Following a three-year undercover operation, Aafia Siddiqui along with Ms. Noelle Velentzas were charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and with providing material information on a weapon of mass destruction.
USA v. Suliman
Mohammad Suliman is a U.S.-born, Arab-American. Though highly intelligent, Mr. Suliman suffers from bipolar disorder. During a manic phase, Mr. Suliman attempted to travel to Syria in order to join ISIS, for whom he intended to work as a translator.
United States v. Yusuf
Nima Yousef originally came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia. While living in Minneapolis, MN, she became friends with a group of young men who later chose to go to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab.