Hawash pleads guilty

I was wrong. Not totally, but I choose the wrong battle. I posted repeatedly as to how badly Mike Hawash, former Intel employee, was being treated by the government, and how he was surely innocent. Well, I was shocked today to read the stories touting his guilty plea on charges of participating in a plan to provide help to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. "In the plea agreement, Hawash admitted to travelling with the men to China with the intention of crossing into Pakistan and making their way to Afghanistan. Hawash and one of his companions, Habis Al Saoub, went to the Pakistani Embassy to obtain visas but were turned down." and from The Register "He was charged on three counts: one of "conspiring to levy war against the United States", one of "conspiracy to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaida" and a third of "conspiracy to contribute services to Al-Qaida and the Taliban". Hawash pleaded guilty only to the third charge."