ATLANTA, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The Internet has become an invaluable tool for terrorists, an FBI agent testified at a pretrial hearing in Atlanta for two men facing terror charges.
The two are ultraconservative Muslims from Georgia who were arrested in 2006 after videotaping the U.S. Capitol, oil storage tanks near the capital, the Pentagon and the World Bank headquarters.
Syed Haris Ahmed, 23, and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 21, have pleaded innocent to charges of providing support to foreign terrorists and could be sentenced to 60 years in prison if convicted.
During FBI questioning, Ahmed said the pair got to know extremists through Internet forums and chat rooms, and they uploaded their District of Columbia surveillance video to "Jihadi people," The Washington Post reported.
Transcripts of his interrogation show Ahmed acknowledged he and Sadequee had been in contact with foreign extremists and had discussed attacking targets in the District of Columbia area and elsewhere, the report said.
Ahmed told agents the videos were harmless and didn't hurt anyone.
"There is nothing to be worried about," the transcripts quote him as saying. "We are just stupid, childish. ... We went and took a video, but in reality it means nothing."
