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    American al Qaeda Member Indicted for Treason

    America's first charge of treason since World War II makes an unlikely connection between al Qaeda and a Republican stronghold in California.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    America's first charge of treason since World War II makes an unlikely connection between al Qaeda and a Republican stronghold in California. Adam Gadahn of Orange County is thought to be overseas. He now calls himself Azzam al-Amriki -- "Azzam the American" -- and he's appeared on five the terrorist group's tapes, four of them with Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who's number two to Osama bin Laden. Yesterday, a federal grand jury in Orange County charged him with treason.

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