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Colo. Man in Suspected NYC Subway Plot Admits Al Qaeda Ties
DEVELOPING: The man under FBI investigation for alleged ties to a New York subway terror plot has admitted he has ties to Al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, FOX News confirmed Friday.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 24-year-old Zazi had earlier insisted that he had no connection with Al Qaeda. But after two eight-hour interrogations at the FBI offices in Denver on Wednesday and Thursday, Zazi told law enforcement a different story Friday. The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force went through Zazi's home, as well as the nearby residence of his aunt, Rabia Zazi. Zazi denies that he's a central figure in a terrorism investigation that fed fears of a possible bomb plot and led to several police raids in New York City on Monday. Zazi, who authorities have said trained at a Pakistani terror camp, reportedly had bomb-making diagrams on a computer that he carried with him on a visit to New York. Zazi's attorney had denied these allegations. The laptop was in Zazi's car as Zazi drove from Colorado to New York City, arriving the day before the 8th anniversay of the attacks of Sept. 11. Zazi has cooperated with the investigation, answering all the FBI agents' questions except for one requiring him to speculate about the actions of the NYPD, his lawyer told The Associated Press. Posted by: Sherry 2009-09-18 |
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