Jury resumes deliberations in terrorism case against UI student

BOISE – A verdict eluded the jury for a second day in the case of a University of Idaho graduate student accused of using his computer skills to foster terrorism on the Internet.

The four men and eight women met for seven hours Thursday without agreement before recessing for the night.

The deliberations were taking place as the Saudi Arabian government announced that it was dissolving a Riyadh-based charity that was linked to Sami Omar Al-Hussayen during the seven-week trial of the Saudi national, who has been studying computer science in Moscow.

Saudi officials said the assets of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation and other Saudi charities would be folded into a new national commission that will assure donations intended to help the needy outside Saudi Arabia are not misused.

During his closing argument earlier this week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Lindquist repeatedly mentioned Al-Hussayen’s connection with the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation through his involvement with the Islamic Assembly of North America. The government had presented documents showing Al-Hussayen’s name on a contract between the assembly and the foundation for sale of the book “Meanings of the Holy Quran.”