Here's a couple of articles that provide the prosecution's side of the story.<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/us/new-york-al-shabaab-sentencing/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/29/us/new-york-al-shabaab-sentenc...</a>
<a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-security-alshabaab-idUKKCN0V72E7" rel="nofollow">http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-security-alshabaab-idUK...</a><p>It's difficult to find any evidence supporting or refuting the claims that Mahdi Hashi was in Djibouti to "provide material support" to al-shabaab.<p>Regardless of whether he was "providing material support" to Al-Shabaab, I don't agree with trying him in the United States. He's not a US citizen and he didn'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.