Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yakazivisa kuti yaida Gadahn kuti ibvunzurudzwe muna 2004, uye musi waMay 26, 2004, United States Attorney General John Ashcroft uye FBI Director Robert Mueller vakazivisa kuti mishumo yakaratidza kuti Gadahn akanga ari mumwe wenhengo nomwe dzeAl-Qaeda dzakanga dzichironga zviito zvougandanga nokuda kwezhizha kana kuti kuwa kwa2004. Zita raGadahn ndiro chete zita idzva rakabudiswa naMueller munyevero iyi. Vaviri vevamwe vainzi magandanga vakataurwa musi iwoyo vaiva Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani naFazul Abdullah Mohammed. Vaviri ava vakanga vakanyorwa sevatyisidziri vanotsvakwa zvikuru neFBI kubvira muna 2001, vakapomerwa mhosva yezvavaiita mu
Kuputika kwebhomba pamahofisi eU.S. muna 1998. Vamwe vacho, Amer el-Maati, Aafia Siddiqui, Abderraouf Jdey, naAdnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah vose vakanga vave vari pazvinyorwa zvevaitsvakwa neFBI kwenguva yakati. Jdey akanga ari paF.B.I.'s "Seeking Information" wanted list kubvira pana January 17, 2002, uko Gadahn akawedzerwa pamwe chete navamwe vatatu.