‘Terror ally’ citizen nix
A federal judge revoked the US citizenship of a man who prosecutors say ran a communications hub for an Egyptian terrorist group out of his Northern California apartment, authorities said.
Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia last week ordered the “denaturalization” of Khaled Abu al-Dahab, 57, for lying to immigration officials during the process to gain US citizenship, the US Department of Justice said.
The DOJ said the Egypt native was a member of the terrorist organization Egyptian Islamic Jihad for 10 years starting in 1989, three years after he had moved to the US.
The former Silicon Valley car salesman admitted to facilitating communications out of his Santa Clara, Calif., apartment, and to having received military training in Afghanistan, feds said.