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U.S. Department of Justice

United States Attorney

Eastern District of New York

SA: SDD/ RMT 271 Cadman Plaza East

F. #2012R01574 Brooklyn, New York 11201

September 18, 2013

The Honorabl e Sandra L. TownesUni t ed St at es Di st r i ct J udgeEast er n Di st r i ct of New Yor kUni t ed St ates Cour t house225 Cadman Pl aza EastBr ookl yn, New York 11201

Re: Uni t ed St at es v. Ahmed et al .Cr i mi nal Docket No. 12- CR- 661 ( SLT)

Dear J udge Townes:

The gover nment submi t s t hi s appl i cat i on r espect f ul l yr equest i ng t hat t he Cour t hol d separ at e appear ances f or t hedef endant s goi ng f or war d i n t hi s case. As t he Cour t i s awar e,each of t he def endant s i n t hi s case i s subj ect t o Speci alAdmi ni st r at i ve Measur es ( “SAMs”) t hat have been i ssued by theAt t or ney Gener al pur suant t o 28 C. F. R. § 501. 3. A copy of t he

SAMs f or each def endant has been pr ovi ded t o each r espect i vedef endant and counsel , and counsel f or t he def endant s have eachsi gned af f i r mat i ons agr eei ng that t hey wi l l abi de by t he ter ms of t he SAMs f or t hei r cl i ent s.

Notabl y, t he SAMs f or each r espect i ve def endant pr ovi dedi r ect i ves ( 1) t o t he Feder al Bur eau of Pr i sons ( “BOP”) as t ocer t ai n condi t i ons of t he def endant s’ conf i nement at ei t her t heMet r opol i t an Det ent i on Cent er ( “MDC”) i n Br ookl yn, New Yor k, ort he Met r opol i t an Corr ect i on Cent er ( “MCC”) i n Manhat t an, New Yor kand (2) t o t he Uni t ed St at es Mar shal s Ser vi ce ( “USMS”) dur i ngt r anspor t of t he def endants t o and f r om t he MDC and MCC and

dur i ng t hei r appear ances i n Cour t . I n par t i cul ar , t he SAMsr est r i ct t he def endant s’ “access t o t he mai l , t he medi a, t het el ephone, and vi si t or s, ” i ncl udi ng each ot her , whi l e pr ovi di ngt he def endant s wi t h access t o t hei r r espect i ve at t or neys who haveaf f i r med t hei r wi l l i ngness t o abi de by t he SAMs, consul araut hor i t i es and appr oved f ami l y members.

Case 1:12-cr-00661-SLT-JMA Document 48 Filed 09/18/13 of 3 PageID #: 205



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The At t or ney Gener al , i n di r ect i ng t hat suchr est r i ct i ons be i mpl ement ed, pr evi ousl y f ound t hat “[ b] ased uponi nf or mat i on pr ovi ded t o me of [ t he def endant s’ ] pr ocl i vi t y f ort er r or i sm . . . t her e i s subst ant i al r i sk t hat [ t he def endant s’ ]

communi cat i ons or cont act s wi t h per sons coul d r esul t i n death orser i ous bodi l y i nj ur y t o per sons, or subst ant i al damage t opr oper t y t hat woul d ent ai l t he r i sk of ser i ous bodi l y i nj ur y t opersons. ” At t or ney Gener al Memor anda t o t he BOP and USMSRegar di ng the Or i gi nat i on of SAMs f or BOP Pr e- Tr i al I nmat esHashi , Ahmed and Yusuf , dat ed Apr i l 19, 2013.

Such i nf ormat i on pr ovi ded to t he At t orney Gener alr egar di ng t he def endant s’ pr ocl i vi t y f or t er r or i sm i ncl udes t hef ol l owi ng: ( 1) t he def endant s ar e l ongst andi ng member s of al - Shabaab, a Somal i a- based t er r or i st or gani zat i on t hat hasmer ged wi t h al - Qaeda and has publ i cl y st at ed i t s i nt ent t o har m

t he Uni t ed St at es and i t s al l i es; ( 2) t he def endant s haveext ensi ve weapons and combat t r ai ni ng and were f or mer l y member sof an el i t e al - Shabaab sui ci de bombi ng uni t ; ( 3) many of t hedef endant s’ t er r or i st co- conspi r at or s r emai n at l ar ge; and ( 4)t he def endant s ar e danger ous and i nf l uent i al f or ei gn al - Shabaabf i ght er s who have pr evi ousl y empl oyed oper at i onal t r adecr af t andcount er sur vei l l ance t echni ques t o avoi d det ect i on by l awenf or cement aut hor i t i es.

The gover nment i s al so awar e of i nf or mat i on i ndi cat i ngt hat : ( 1) at t he t i me of t hei r ar r est s, t he def endant s wer et r avel i ng t o Yemen t o j oi n wi t h t he t er r or i st or gani zat i on Ansaral Shar i a i n Yemen, al so known as Al - Qaeda i n t he Ar abi anPeni nsul a ( “AQAP”) , ( 2) t he def endant s are associ at es of , and hadspeci f i c knowl edge regar di ng, si gni f i cant al - Qaeda member soper at i ng i n east Af r i ca who sought t o car r y out at t acks agai nstUni t ed St at es and West er n i nt er est s i n t hat r egi on, and ( 3) t hedef endant s had subst ant i al knowl edge regardi ng an al - Shabaabr esear ch and devel opment depart ment t hat was devel opi ng chemi calweapons f or use by t hat t er r or i st or gani zat i on.

Gi ven t he above, and i n l i ght of t he i nf or mat i onpr ovi ded t o the Cour t i n l et t er s submi t t ed under seal r egar di ng

def endant s Mohammed Yusuf and Mahdi Hashi on Sept ember 11, 2013,t he gover nment r espect f ul l y request s t hat t he Cour t hol d separ at eappear ances f or t he def endant s goi ng f or war d i n t hi s case, t omi ni mi ze t he pot ent i al f or vi ol at i ons of t he def endant s’ SAMsdur i ng t hei r appear ance i n Cour t and f or t he saf et y of t hedef endant s t hemsel ves. The gover nment has consul t ed wi t hr espect i ve counsel f or t he def endant s and al l have i ndi cat ed t hatt hey t ake no posi t i on whet her or not t he Cour t shoul d hol d




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separ at e appear ances f or t he def endant s at l east f or t heappear ances cur r ent l y schedul ed f or t he week of Sept ember 23,2013.

Respect f ul l y submi t t ed,

LORETTA E. LYNCHUni t ed St at es At t or ney

By: / s/Shr eve Ar i ai lSet h D. DuChar meRi char d TuckerAssi st ant U. S. At t or neys

( 718) 254- 6616/ 6021/ 6204

cc: Counsel f or t he Def endant sAdam J ohnson, BOP Counsel - MCCDavi d Tomasi , USMS


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