Wu said Abouammo then “said something to the effect that he felt bad because he had introduced Ali Alzabarah to KSA officials. She said Abouammo immediately asked if they were there because of a New York Times article where anonymous sources said intelligence officers warned Twitter in late 2015 about Saudi Arabia operatives grooming another Twitter employee called Ali Alzabarah to spy on certain accounts. Attorney Colin Sampson was also there as an observer, but that he identified himself only as an attorney. Wu would later testify during cross-examination that Assistant U.S. Wu and her partner Special Agent Jonathan Kingsley confronted Abouammo in the driveway of his Seattle home on Oct. 5, 2014, when the pair allegedly discussed the handle of an anonymous activist and rumored royal insider who tweets gossip and criticism of the Saudi royal family.Ībouammo, a former manager of media partnerships for the Middle East and North Africa region at Twitter, stands accused of using his inside access to gather private data on the account that he gave to Al-Asaker in exchange for $300,000 and a luxury watch. Wu did not identify those other ways of communication.ĭuring direct examination, prosecutors unfurled a trove of digital evidence connecting Abouammo to Al-Asaker, from their first meeting in June 2014 when Al-Asaker toured Twitter’s headquarters, to a meeting in London on Dec. “I also believe there were other ways of communication where Mr. “Of the warrants that were issued, I did not see written correspondence where that information was transferred,” she said. Under cross-examination by Abouammo’s public defender Angela Chuang, Wu said she reviewed tens of thousands of pages of records from over 30 entities that turned over documents during the FBI’s investigation. Binasaker ,” Special Agent Letitia Wu said. Abouammo directly provided private user information to Mr. “I did not see any written correspondence where Mr. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The government’s case against an accused Saudi spy hit a stumbling block Monday as a lead FBI investigator testified she found no written correspondence confirming that ex-Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo passed any private user information to Bader Al-Asaker, a close associate of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
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