Kifah Jayyousi, is a Jordanian-born United States citizen, tried and convicted alongside Jose Padilla[1] and Adham Hassoun in 2007 of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim overseas.
He maintains his innocence, and says that all he did was publish a newsletter that was critical of US foreign policies, and did a small charity work over 25 years ago that benefited victims of war in Bosnia and Chechnya.
He attended all subsequent court hearings and stood trial in 2007 with co-defendants Jose Padilla and Adham Hassoun.
During an ensuing hearing, the attorneys argued that the indictment lacked incriminating evidence, and the judge also noted that the case was "very light on facts."
The Judge ordered the Miami federal prosecutors to supply evidence of transcripts of phone wiretaps that show the "manner and means of the trio's (referring to Kifah Jayyousi, Adham Hassoun and Jose Padilla) terror conspiracy—including "descriptions of the time, place, circumstances, causes, etc."