Here&#x27;s a couple of articles that provide the prosecution&#x27;s side of the story.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;29&#x2F;us&#x2F;new-york-al-shabaab-sentencing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;29&#x2F;us&#x2F;new-york-al-shabaab-sentenc...</a>
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;uk-usa-security-alshabaab-idUKKCN0V72E7" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;uk-usa-security-alshabaab-idUK...</a><p>It&#x27;s difficult to find any evidence supporting or refuting the claims that Mahdi Hashi was in Djibouti to &quot;provide material support&quot; to al-shabaab.<p>Regardless of whether he was &quot;providing material support&quot; to Al-Shabaab, I don&#x27;t agree with trying him in the United States.  He&#x27;s not a US citizen and he didn&#x27;t commit any crime against the United States.  Even the prosecution admits he does not pose any specific threat to Americans.<p>The material support clause of the Patriot Act is bogus.  It needs to be redefined so it is more narrowly focused.