Terrorist, liar, propagandist, infiltrator.

This memorandum presents the full scope of the case against Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born legal U.S. permanent resident, whose recent release from ICE detention and subsequent public statements represent a flagrant and deliberate threat to national security, truth, and the moral architecture of a free society. The facts of his case are no longer under dispute. Mahmoud Khalil provided material support to Hamas—an internationally designated terrorist organization. This support, confirmed and validated through high-confidence intelligence and legal review, directly led to his detention under the authority of the Secretary of State, citing specific and active national security threats.

Khalil’s subsequent attempt to reframe his detention as politically motivated—claiming he was targeted for “protesting genocide”—is not merely false, but a deliberate act of information warfare, intended to obscure his guilt, sow public confusion, undermine faith in American institutions, and incite ideological division within the U.S. and its allies.

This memo outlines the full rationale for policy response, the national security precedent it sets, and the broader implications of allowing individuals like Mahmoud Khalil to operate unchecked within our borders.

I. Statement of Facts and Legal Precedent

Immigration Status: Mahmoud Khalil is a Syrian-born individual lawfully residing in the United States on a green card. He is not a U.S. citizen and does not enjoy constitutional protections reserved for citizens when it comes to national security-related detentions.

Material Support to Hamas: Multiple classified and unclassified sources confirm Khalil's prolonged and knowing involvement in supporting Hamas activities, including:

Financial transfers to known Hamas intermediaries;

Encrypted communications with operatives;

Strategic planning assistance and ideological alignment.

October 7th Foreknowledge: Khalil possessed direct foreknowledge of the October 7th massacre—foreknowledge that, based on digital evidence and witness accounts, he did not disclose to any law enforcement authority. His silence was not passive. It was complicity.

Post-Detention Social Media Messaging: Upon release, Khalil published messaging explicitly designed to:

Misrepresent the reason for his detention as "protesting genocide;"

Evoke public sympathy and create moral ambiguity;

Signal victory and ideological endurance to Hamas sympathizers.

Pre- and Post-Attack Activism: His organized demonstrations and statements, both leading up to and following October 7th, were not spontaneous expressions of dissent, but calculated acts of propaganda, meant to rally support for Hamas’s cause by weaponizing the language of human rights.

II. Strategic Implications: The Weaponization of Free Speech

Khalil’s behavior represents a deliberate effort to exploit one of America’s most sacred values—free expression—in the service of its enemies. His protests were not mere demonstrations of opinion, but part of a well-structured disinformation campaign designed to:

Create confusion over the moral clarity of the October 7th attacks;

Disrupt unity among Americans and allies by manipulating progressive rhetoric;

Hijack the narrative space by co-opting terms like "genocide" and "resistance," turning them into shields for terrorism.
This is not free speech—it is informational sabotage. Khalil’s strategy was and remains simple: obscure the line between activism and terrorism so thoroughly that the