Ex-Ga. Tech student convicted of plotting to aid terrorist group; videotaped US landmarks

ATLANTA — Syed Haris Ahmed’s videos of Washington, D.C. landmarks didn’t represent an imminent threat to the U.S., but prosecutors said his conviction Wednesday for supporting terrorism exemplifies a strategy of snuffing out potential plots in their earliest stages.

Verdict for Georgia terror suspect to be announced by federal judge in Atlanta

ATLANTA — A federal judge is soon expected to announce his verdict in the case of a former Georgia Tech student charged with plotting to aid a terrorist group.

Verdict for former Ga. tech student accused in terror conspiracy set to be announced Wednesday

ATLANTA — A federal judge will soon decide the fate of a former Georgia Tech student charged with plotting to aid a terrorist group.

Ex-Ga. Tech student facing federal terror charges cites Quran in trial’s closing arguments

ATLANTA — A former Georgia Tech student charged with plotting to help terrorist groups turned the closing arguments in his federal trial on Thursday into a bewildering lesson on Islamic principles amid stunned courtroom observers.

Prosecutors: Ex-Ga. Tech student was budding terrorist, hoped to join terror group overseas

ATLANTA — The videos are choppy and grainy, and some are just a few seconds long. Many were shot through an open window, and the herky-jerky technique was, at best, headache-inducing.

Trial looms for Ga. Tech student accused of plotting ‘violent jihad’ against bases, refineries

ATLANTA — Armed with a handheld video camera, a Georgia university student drove with a friend in April 2005 to Washington, D.C., and captured scenes of the Capitol, the Pentagon and other locations.