Career

A security official stated that Azam was charged because he was collecting information "of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, or had in his possession documents or records containing information of that kind."

The Associated Press reported that Mohammed Abdullah Azam was a computer programmer, and that three other men who were arrested when his flat was raided were released without charge. The Guardian reported that six men were arrested three days after Azam"s arrest, on suspicion of fund-raising proscribed by the anti-terrorist acting Officials said their arrests were unrelated to Azam"son

Accounts of Azam"s nationality varied.

Columbia Broadcasting System News reported: "Police said Azam is not a British citizen. They haven"t said what country is his homeland." The Guardian quoted Azam"s brother who said, "He is innocent.

He is British - born and bred in this country."

An appendix of a report by the Nixon Center of those convicted of terrorist crimes asserts he was convicted on March 19, 2003.