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Photograph of Zazi by Ed Andrieski
Still, one government official wonders, "His drive to New York [from the Denver area] intrigued us. Why is he driving, not flying?" However, when Zazi suddenly left NYC (the feds think he was tipped off by a friend, since authorities were questioning people and showing his photo), the feds had to conduct the raids. The official said, "In the normal course of action, we would have followed him forever and ever and we might have got the answer that he was nothing and stopped following him or we could have determined there was something there and followed him until we figured out who and what else was involved. [But since Zazi left] we had to ratchet it up before we had the full picture."
Update: Now Fox News reports that, after a third day of questioning, Zazi "has admitted he has ties to Al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge... Zazi reportedly told officials that he had received explosives training and his possible guilty plea would be part of a deal to cooperate with the government. An attorney for Zazi issued the following statement on Friday: 'The FBI has asked to speak to my client's father, Mr. Mohammed Zazi, and we are cooperating fully with the FBI's request.'" The Daily News adds, "Lawyers for Najibullah Zazi, 25, were negotiating with federal officials for an agreement where he could admit receiving military training - but deny plans to injure any Americans, sources familiar with the case said."
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dude, shave the beard. it's not helping.
Yeah - you know, you get all riled up about profiling, and then you see pictures of these guys, and they inevitably look exactly like what you think they are going to look like.
hear, hear to dwayno and cutlass.
I'd hate to agree with you, but I do.
Things that make you go hmm... especially that cross country trip
Gee, why wouldn't a muslim man want to fly? I mean, it's not like they get treated suspiciously at the airport, or that he could be afraid that the FBI investigation has put a flag on his name for airline companies.
There is almost no good reason not to fly, UNLESS he IS hiding something ortrying to to stay low profile for a reason.
Longacre's right: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/nyc-terror-plot-suspect-admits-al-qaeda-ties/story?id=8613699
"There is almost no good reason not to fly, UNLESS he IS hiding something ortrying to to stay low profile for a reason."
Heh. Things are getting pretty bad if everyone who drives across the country is going to be suspected of being a terrorist.
I've done it myself. Should I expect the FBI to knock on my door?
Probably.
@NS, LMAO!
@jayclay, i was thinking in reference to the airport security and profiling there if he;s on their radar, he'd be thinking like that because he was up to something, therefore, hiding something, now he knows they're looking for him, he's been tipped off, driving is the way to do it.
ABC News now reporting Zazi has admitted ties to Al Qaeda.
I hope they plan on going after the person(s) who tipped this POS off that the fed's were looking for him.
Just ridiculous.
"I hope they plan on going after the person(s) who tipped this POS off that the fed's were looking for him."
Someone made a decision not to conduct the investigation discretely. They showed his picture around, and talked to neighbors, friends, and relatives. Once they did that, it wouldn't be illegal (or even surprising) for any of those people to tell him it happened.
I don't know, he sure knew to get the hell outta here pretty fast, by car, could that be to stay away from authorities?
"he sure knew to get the hell outta here pretty fast, by car, could that be to stay away from authorities?"
He came here by car. The trip was from Colorado, where he lives, to visit Queens. And at the time he wasn't under investigation yet.
"Folsom attributed the FBI's interest in Zazi to an "unfortunate set of coincidences," including his periodic travel to Pakistan to visit his wife and his trip last week to New York, where he spent the night at the home of a friend, Naiz Khan, who apparently was already under surveillance."
From http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-denver-terror18-2009sep18,0,3958808.story
Here's to hoping this guy gives up more information to spare his life. He will disappear in 48 hours anyway.
"He will disappear in 48 hours anyway."
Truth. We will probably never hear from this guy ever again.
"we must travel in car instead of plane in case The Jews repeat attacks of 9/11" Borat
Excellent reference. (Though it was actually Azamat who said that, not Borat himself.)
this is even worse. if you're down with al qaeda, wouldn't you want to appear less suspicious by shaving that beard!
Pretty sure all of the 9/11 hijackers had shaved as to not stand out.
So is he a US citizen, recently emmigrated or on a visa? I can't seem to find that info. Anyone know?
"Zazi was born in Afghanistan and moved with his family to Pakistan when he was 7. Zazi lived there until he was 15, when his family immigrated to Queens. In January, the family moved to Colorado for its cheaper cost of living and to be near other relatives, Folsom said. Zazi has worked at an airport shuttle service, but left the job this week in the wake of the investigation. He travels to Pakistan once a year to see his wife, whom he wed in 2006 and has sought unsuccessfully to bring to the U.S."
From http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-denver-terror18-2009sep18,0,3958808.story
Thank you!
How much waterboarding did it take for Cheney...er I mean the CIA...er I mean the FBI to get their information???
Good, fuck him.
And fuck all you that were defending him and crying racial profiling too.
Wait! I thought that after the election of Hussein Obama that Islamic radicals had lost their reason for being.
Gee, I wonder if any of you crunchy, self-hating lefties would endorse the use of some EIT's if he had your beloved L train on his list?
Maybe it was, who knows? But all it took to get him to talk is a few hours of plain, simple interviews with the FBI. If anything this strengthens an argument against, not for, "EIT's".