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Public Documents Contradict Claim Email Spying Foiled Terror Plot
Buzzfeed ^ | Ben Smith

Posted on 06/07/2013 7:39:22 PM PDT by Perdogg

Defenders of the American government’s online spying program known as “PRISM” claimed Friday that the suddenly controversial secret effort had saved New York City’s subways from a 2009 terrorist plot led by a young Afghan-American, Najibullah Zazi.

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1 posted on 06/07/2013 7:39:22 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
You mean they LIED??!?!?!???
2 posted on 06/07/2013 7:41:07 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: Perdogg

The thieves admonish us that they’re honest, huh...?

Big brass ones, yup.


3 posted on 06/07/2013 7:47:10 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Perdogg

But what about the Boston Bombers that they had already been warned about by multiple countries


4 posted on 06/07/2013 7:52:10 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Perdogg

Since the article is quoting Mark Hosenball, you’d better beware of what he has done in the past. He was thrown out of England in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s as a security threat. He worked with avowed Marxist, CIA turncoat (and DGI associate) Phillip Agee, to uncover American and British undercover intelligence agents, and probably were responsible for the death of at least one (perhaps Welch, CIA station chief in Greece).

Hosenball was associated with Agee’s “Covert Action Information Bulletin” (CAIB), and/or its’ precursor, the far-left, red-laden “Counterspy Magazine” of the Organizing Committee for the 5th Estate.

Google both of them to see who was involved in both publications/organizations. Norman Mailer helped form and fund OC5. The Communist Party legal front, the National Lawyers Guild was the key core of CAIB.

No one knows if Hosenball is legit or not, but he wrote for either TIME or Newsweek, along with Michael Isikoff, on intelligence issues.

Something doesn’t smell right!


5 posted on 06/07/2013 7:54:43 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Perdogg

When they are talking they are lying.

When they aren’t talking they are doing something against the law.


6 posted on 06/07/2013 8:04:45 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
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7 posted on 06/07/2013 8:07:27 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: LucyT; thouworm; maggief; Myrddin; shibumi; Hardraade; Candor7; Absolutely Nobama; caww; ...
Q. How does the government say, "Eff you."?
A. "Trust me."
8 posted on 06/07/2013 8:11:21 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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To: null and void

NO.

they didn’t tell the truth...


9 posted on 06/07/2013 8:11:35 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Interesting info. Thanks. The Guardian is a Fabian Org and the WaPo is a well known Marxist Org and it was leaked to both. Perhaps the Guardian (they printed the story 20 mins after the WaPo) to ensure the story spread over there... The left is really pushing this story. And their indepth reporting on the IRS was suspicious - why protect the TP and pull apart Obama’s IRS so badly - were they reporting on it in order to place the NSA on the defense - the whole government stinks. THe IRS story got little coverage last year - why now at this specific time. Who leaked the party videotape? I just tuned into the IRS story in the past few days so missed a lot. Just some thoughts.

Perhaps not a big deal but this came to mind when I read the article - post #24:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028787/posts


10 posted on 06/07/2013 8:47:20 PM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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11 posted on 06/07/2013 8:50:58 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: bronxville

Mark Hosenball wrote this article for Newsweek - posted by the daily beast...

Mystery Surrounding Death of U.K. Code Breaker Deepens
Sep 7, 2010 1:30 PM EDT

The cops say that the couple, who were admitted to the building through the “communal front door,” were between 20 and 30 years old and were both of “Mediterranean appearance.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/blogs/declassified/2010/09/07/mystery-surrounding-death-of-u-k-code-breaker-deepens.html

I wonder about the Muslim Brotherhood. The Daily Mail wrote that he’d been working with both agencies whereas Hosenball wrote otherwise and that his latest visit was a vacation. Dunno what the murder has to do with anything but...


12 posted on 06/07/2013 9:06:06 PM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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To: bronxville; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

And their indepth reporting on the IRS was suspicious - why protect the TP and pull apart Obama’s IRS so badly - were they reporting on it in order to place the NSA on the defense - the whole government stinks
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Is it possible this the plan is to erode the confidence in government to bring it down - from within? That’s what the communists talked about after all. It would be quite a plan to accomplish using scandals. And risky perhaps?

Why was the IRS scandal planned to leak is another good question. Lerner was meant to be overheard and release an apology.

But this latest NSA situation is far more concerning. It may be more about control of information about the previous scandals on the surface, but perhaps in the end will control all free speech, truth, transparency.


13 posted on 06/07/2013 9:52:19 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Perdogg

What about Boston?

If they were monitoring the internet and emails — why didn’t they catch these killers?


14 posted on 06/07/2013 10:05:52 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Whenifhow

Yes, sorry I didn’t make it more clear - by government stinks - meant nontrustworthy - I go to fast. And Obama will skate because he was just following Bush.

I thnk they’re going to try and take control of the internet next - wrote this on another thread...

It’s the WWW so the world isn’t going to be very happy. I’m guessing it was a deliberate leakage by the administration to cause global disruption and if it doesn’t they’ll make ensure it does, the end-game being to shut down the internet.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028819/posts

The Egyptian “revolution” (and others) was instigated with face-book, blogs, cell phones, twitter, amd professional instigators controlled by the mullahs (was verizon, facebook, google... involved?). The leaders were taught “open democracy” tactics well in advance by other global NGO’s. Some are still there, such as, Freedom House, Democratic Institute, Republican Institute - both the latter work together - names don’t mean much, and just jailed a few days ago. The western world know the ways of the saul alinsky/obama tactics but the eastern bloc/ME needed instruction. The Balkans is a good template - the old dictators refused to budge, accused of genocide, and bombed out - some bought out. In arab spring they had the NGO’s, the media, the muslim brotherhood and their mullahs which perhaps is why they’re all over the WH and we can’t say a word about them.
Some dictators are ok though, such as, castro et al...

So I’m daft in the head...:)


15 posted on 06/07/2013 11:06:16 PM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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Re the ZAZI case...

Extensive updates and a lot of reading material here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339523/posts


16 posted on 06/08/2013 2:56:07 AM PDT by Cindy
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2009:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/fbi-unit-set-anti-terror-raids-queens-colorado-home-raided-article-1.403798

“FBI unit set for more anti-terror raids in Queens; Colorado home raided”

BY JAMES GORDON MEEK IN WASHINGTON JUDITH CROSSON IN DENVER , ROCCO PARASCANDOLA , ALISON GENDAR AND LARRY MCSHANE / DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009, 2:06 PM

SNIPPET: “In New York, police sources said they had e-mails, wiretaps and a confidential informant tying Zazi to the plot. The suspect was spotted in a Queens mosque last week and also was seen in lower Manhattan, the sources said.”


17 posted on 06/08/2013 3:08:38 AM PDT by Cindy
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February 22, 2010

Note: The following text is a quote:

newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo022210.htm

Najibullah Zazi Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Use Explosives Against Persons or Property in U.S., Conspiracy to Murder Abroad, and Providing Material Support to al Qaeda

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced that Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of New York to a three-count superseding information charging him with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction (explosive bombs) against persons or property in the United States, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country, and providing material support to al Qaeda. Among other things, Zazi admitted that he brought TATP [Triacetone Triperoxide] explosives to New York on Sept. 10, 2009, as part of plan to attack the New York subway system.

Zazi, 25, a resident of Aurora, Colo., and legal permanent resident of the United States from Afghanistan, entered his guilty plea today before Chief U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie. Zazi faces a maximum statutory sentence of life in prison for the first two counts of the superseding information and an additional 15 years in prison for the third count of the superseding information.

FBI agents in Colorado first arrested Zazi on Sept. 19, 2009, on a criminal complaint charging him with knowingly and willfully making false statements to the FBI in a matter involving international and domestic terrorism. On Sept. 23, 2009, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned a one-count indictment alleging that Zazi knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to use one or more weapons of mass destruction, specifically explosive bombs and other similar explosive devices, against persons or property within the United States.

As Zazi admitted during today’s guilty plea allocution and as reflected in previous government filings, he and others agreed to travel to Afghanistan to join the Taliban and fight against United States and allied forces. In furtherance of their plans, they flew from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., to Peshawar, Pakistan at the end of August 2008. Although Zazi and others initially intended to fight on behalf of the Taliban, they were recruited by al-Qaeda shortly after arriving in Peshawar. Al Qaeda personnel transported Zazi and others to the Waziristan region of Pakistan and trained them on several different kinds of weapons. During the training, al Qaeda leaders asked Zazi and others to return to the United States and conduct suicide operations. They agreed.

Zazi later received additional training from al Qaeda on constructing the explosives for the planned attacks in the United States. Zazi had discussions with al Qaeda leaders about target locations, including subway trains in New York City. Zazi took detailed notes during the training, and later e-mailed a summary of the notes to himself so that he could access them when he returned to the United States. Zazi also provided money and computers to al Qaeda before he left Pakistan.

Zazi returned to the United States in January 2009 and moved to Denver. Beginning in June 2009, he began reviewing the bomb-making notes from his training and conducting research on where to buy the ingredients for the explosives. Zazi then traveled to New York and met with others to discuss the plan, including the timing of the attack and where to make the explosives.

Zazi returned to Denver and used the bomb-making notes to construct the explosives for the detonator components of the bombs. As set forth in the government’s detention memorandum filed earlier in the case, in July and August 2009, Zazi purchased large quantities of components necessary to produce TATP and twice checked into a hotel room near Denver, where bomb making residue was later found.

On Sept. 8, 2009, Zazi rented a car and drove from Denver to New York, taking with him the explosives and other materials necessary to build the bombs. Zazi arrived in New York City on Thursday, Sept.10, 2009. Zazi and others intended to obtain and assemble the remaining components of the bombs over the weekend and conduct the attack on Manhattan subway lines on Sept. 14, Sept. 15, or Sept. 16, 2009. However, shortly after arriving in New York, Zazi realized that law enforcement was investigating his activities. Zazi and others discarded the explosives and other bomb-making materials, and Zazi traveled back to Denver. He was arrested on Sept. 19, 2009.

“This was one of the most serious terrorist threats to our nation since September 11, 2001, and were it not for the combined efforts of the law enforcement and intelligence communities, it could have been devastating,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “This attempted attack on our homeland was real, it was in motion, and it would have been deadly. We were able to thwart this plot because of careful analysis by our intelligence agents and prompt actions by law enforcement. They deserve our thanks and praise.”

“Today’s plea is an important development in this complex and ongoing criminal investigation and intelligence operation that in many ways illustrates the evolving nature of the terrorist threat today,” said FBI Deputy Director John S. Pistole. “The plea is the result of the dedication and hard work by agents and officers assigned to Joint Terrorism Task Forces in both New York and Colorado working closely with federal prosecutors.”

This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The investigation is being conducted by the New York and Denver FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which combined have investigators from more than fifty federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

- Related FBI story on Zazi indictment


18 posted on 06/08/2013 3:10:17 AM PDT by Cindy
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April 23, 2010

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newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo042310.htm

Zarein Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty to Terror Violations in Connection with al Qaeda New York Subway Plot

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced that Zarein Ahmedzay, a U.S. citizen and resident of Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of New York to terrorism violations stemming from, among other activities, his role in an al Qaeda plot to conduct coordinated suicide bombings on New York’s subway system in September 2009.

At a hearing this afternoon before Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold, Ahmedzay, 25, pleaded guilty to the following violations: conspiracy to use a weapon of mass of destruction (explosive bombs) against persons or property in the United States; conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country; and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, namely al Qaeda. Ahmedzay faces a sentence of up to life in prison.

Ahmedzay was first indicted on Jan. 8, 2010, in the Eastern District of New York on charges of making false statements to the FBI about his travels to Pakistan and Afghanistan. On Feb. 25, 2010, he was charged in a superseding indictment in the Eastern District of New York with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction; conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country; providing material support to al Qaeda; receiving military-type training from al Qaeda; and making false statements.

“The facts disclosed today add chilling details to what we know was a deadly plot hatched by al Qaeda leaders overseas to kill scores of Americans in the New York City subway system in September 2009,” said Attorney General Eric Holder. “This plot, as well as others we have encountered, makes clear we face a continued threat from al Qaeda and its affiliates overseas. With three guilty pleas already and the investigation continuing, this prosecution underscores the importance of using every tool we have available to both disrupt plots against our nation and hold suspected terrorists accountable.”

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said, “Ahmedzay’s plea makes clear that he betrayed his adopted country and its people by providing support to al Qaeda and planning to bring deadly violence to New York. The FBI and our law enforcement and intelligence partners will continue to investigate this plot and to bring all necessary resources to bear to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.”

As Ahmedzay admitted during today’s guilty plea allocution and as reflected in previous government filings and the guilty plea allocution of co-defendant Najibullah Zazi, Ahmedzay, Zazi, and a third individual agreed to travel to Afghanistan to join the Taliban and fight against United States and allied forces. In furtherance of their plans, they flew from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., to Peshawar, Pakistan at the end of August 2008. Ahmedzay and the third individual attempted to enter Afghanistan but were turned back at the border and returned to Peshawar.

Within a few days, Ahmedzay, Zazi, and the third individual met with an al Qaeda facilitator in Peshawar and agreed to travel for training in Waziristan. Upon arriving, they met with two al Qaeda leaders, but did not learn their true identities. As the government represented during today’s guilty plea, the leaders were Saleh al-Somali, the head of international operations for al Qaeda, and Rashid Rauf, a key al Qaeda operative. The three Americans said that they wanted to fight in Afghanistan, but the al Qaeda leaders explained that they would be more useful to al Qaeda and the jihad if they returned to New York and conducted attacks there.

Ahmedzay and the others received training on several different kinds of weapons. During the training, al Qaeda leaders continued to encourage them to return to the United States and conduct suicide operations. They agreed, and had further conversations with al Qaeda about the timing of the attacks and possible target locations in Manhattan. Al Qaeda leadership emphasized the need to hit well-known structures and maximize the number of casualties.

After the initial training, the three Americans left Waziristan. The plan was for Ahmedzay and Zazi to return to Waziristan a month later to receive explosives training from al Qaeda. Ahmedzay later changed his mind about attending the training, and Zazi went by himself. Ahmedzay later reviewed Zazi’s bomb-making notes from the training. Ahmedzay and Zazi returned to New York, and Zazi moved to Denver.

Ahmedzay initially had reservations about going forward with the suicide bombing, but resolved to go forward with the plan. Zazi traveled to New York from Colorado and the three Americans met in Queens and agreed to carry out suicide bombings during the month of Ramadan, Aug. 22, 2009 to Sept. 20, 2009. They agreed that Zazi would prepare the explosives, that Zazi and Ahmedzay would assemble the devices in New York, and that all three would conduct suicide attacks. Ahmedzay later evaluated potential bombing targets in Manhattan.

Zazi traveled a second time to New York, and Ahmedzay and Zazi discussed the attack in further detail. By that time, Zazi had begun researching and experimenting with explosives in Colorado. Based on the amount of explosives Zazi anticipated he could produce by Ramadan, Zazi and Ahmedzay decided that they would conduct suicide attacks on subway trains rather than targeting a larger structure such as a building.

Zazi returned to Colorado and constructed the explosives for the detonator components of the bombs. In July and August 2009, Zazi purchased large quantities of components necessary to produce the explosive TATP [Triacetone Triperoxide] and twice checked into a hotel room near Denver, where bomb making residue was later found.

On Sept. 8, 2009, Zazi rented a car and drove from Denver to New York, taking with him the explosives and other materials necessary to build the bombs. Zazi arrived in New York City on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Zazi and Ahmedzay intended to obtain and assemble the remaining components of the bombs over the weekend and the three of them would conduct the attack on Manhattan subway lines on Sept. 14, Sept. 15, or Sept. 16, 2009. However, shortly after arriving in New York, they realized that law enforcement was investigating their activities. Ahmedzay and Zazi discarded the explosives and other bomb-making materials, and Zazi traveled back to Denver.

This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The investigation is being conducted by the New York and Denver FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which combined have investigators from more than 50 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.


19 posted on 06/08/2013 3:12:15 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2544942/posts

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339523/posts

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http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/elshukrijumah.htm

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http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2010/07/the-pilot-indicted-in-ny-subway-plot

“The Pilot” Indicted in NY Subway Plot

by IPT News • Jul 7, 2010 at 4:47 pm

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July 7, 2010

Quote:

http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo070710a.htm

Charges Unsealed Against Five Alleged Members of al Qaeda Plot to Attack the United States and the United Kingdom

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department today announced charges against five members of an al Qaeda plot to attack targets in the United States and United Kingdom. The charges reveal that the plot against New York’s subway system uncovered in September 2009 involving Colorado resident Najibullah Zazi was directed by senior al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan, and was also directly related to a scheme by al Qaeda plotters in Pakistan to use Western operatives to attack a target in the United Kingdom.

The superseding indictment, which was returned and unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York, charges the following defendants each with several terrorism violations: Adnan El Shukrijumah, also known as “Hamad;” Adis Medunjanin, also known as “Mohammad;” Abid Naseer; Tariq Ur Rehman; and a fifth defendant known as “Ahmad,” “Sohaib,” or “Zahid.” Each of the defendants faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

According to the indictment, court filings and plea proceedings in the case, the plot involving Zazi was organized by Saleh al-Somali, Rashid Rauf, and El Shukrijumah, who were then-leaders of al Qaeda’s “external operations” program dedicated to terrorist attacks in the United States and other Western countries.

Between September and December 2008, Saleh and El Shukrijumah recruited Zazi and Zazi’s co-conspirators, Zarein Ahmedzay, and Medunjanin, to conduct suicide bombings in New York City using improvised explosive devices made from supplies such as hydrogen peroxide, acetone, flour, and oil. According to the indictment and court filings, Saleh communicated with Zazi through “Ahmad,” an al Qaeda facilitator in Peshawar, Pakistan. In early September 2009, after Zazi constructed the detonator explosives for the attack, he e-mailed with “Ahmad” in Pakistan about the proper ingredients for the flour-based main charge explosive. Zazi pleaded guilty to his role in the New York subway plot on February 22, 2010; Ahmedzay similarly pleaded guilty on April 23, 2010.

The indictment adds formal charges against El Shukrijumah, a 34-year-old native of Saudi Arabia who served as one of the leaders of al Qaeda’s external operations program. According to the indictment, El Shukrijumah recruited Zazi, Ahmedzay, and Medunjanin to return to the United States and conduct terrorist attacks there. El Shukrijumah has been wanted by the FBI for several years and is the subject of a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. He remains at large.

The investigation by authorities in the United States and United Kingdom has revealed that “Ahmad” was also communicating with Manchester-based, United Kingdom resident Naseer. Naseer, like Zazi, was in Peshawar, Pakistan in November 2008, according to the court filings.

After returning to the United Kingdom, Naseer sent messages back and forth to the same e-mail account that “Ahmad” was using to communicate with the American-based al Qaeda cell on behalf of Saleh, the indictment and court filings allege. In the messages, Naseer used coded language to refer to different types of explosives. At the culmination of the plot, in early April 2009, Naseer, again using coded language, told “Ahmad” that he was planning a large “wedding” for numerous guests between April 15 and 20, 2009, and that “Ahmad” should be ready. Notably, “Ahmad” and Zazi had agreed on a similar code to mean the attack was ready to be executed, and Zazi e-mailed Ahmad that “the marriage is ready” just before he left Colorado for New York in early September 2009.

On April 8, 2009, Naseer and Rehman were arrested in the United Kingdom on terrorism charges. In connection with the arrests, U.K. authorities conducted searches of the plotters’ homes, where they found large quantities of flour and oil, as well as surveillance photographs of public areas in Manchester and maps of Manchester’s city center posted on the wall, with one of the locations from the surveillance photographs highlighted. Naseer is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. The United States intends to seek his extradition to face trial. Rehman is not in custody.

The superseding indictment also adds new charges to the pending indictment against Medunjanin. Specifically, the indictment charges that, in furtherance of the New York plot, and, after Zazi was already in custody, Medunjanin attempted to crash his car into another car on the Whitestone Expressway in Queens, N.Y. as a last attempt to carry out a suicide attack on American soil. Just before crashing his car, Medunjanin called 911 to identify himself and announce his intentions. Medunjanin remains in federal custody in the United States. No trial date has been set.

Medunjanin is charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction; conspiring to commit murder abroad; providing and conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda; receiving military training from al Qaeda; committing and attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and using firearms and a destructive device in relation to the above offenses.

Shukrijumah and “Ahmad” are each charged with providing and conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda; conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction; assisting the receipt of military training; committing and attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and using firearms in relation to the same offenses. “Ahmad” is also charged together with Naseer and Rehman with providing and conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda and conspiracy to use a destructive device in relation to the U.K. branch of the plot.

“These charges underscore the global nature of the terrorist threat we face. They further reflect the effectiveness of mutual investigations and cooperation with our global partners in disrupting terrorism threats. I thank our counterparts in the United Kingdom for their assistance in this investigation,” said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

“As today’s charges demonstrate, we will not rest in our pursuit of those responsible for plotting terrorist attacks,” said Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Ms. Lynch also expressed her gratitude to the law enforcement personnel, both domestic and foreign, who took part in the investigation.

FBI Executive Assistant Director Sean Joyce, National Security Branch said, “The threat posed by terrorists around the world is a threat to security and a threat to the rule of law. The transnational nature of this conspiracy, and its connection to plots targeted outside the U.S. underscores the importance of international coordination and collaboration to do everything we can to ensure public safety.”

“The charges announced today illustrate the coordinated and persistent attempts by our adversaries to harm American citizens,” said FBI New York Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge George Venizelos. “FBI personnel around the world are dedicated to working with our international law enforcement partners to uncover and thwart attacks.”

The investigation is being conducted by the New York, Denver, and Miami FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, as well as the Washington Field Office of the FBI. The North West Counter Terrorism Unit and Greater Manchester Police Department have also provided significant assistance.

The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, with assistance from the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida has also provided assistance in the investigation.

The public is reminded that an indictment contains mere allegations and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

- View Adnan El Shukrijumah’s wanted poster


20 posted on 06/08/2013 3:14:33 AM PDT by Cindy
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