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New Jersey software developer, 45, was sleeper Hezbollah agent who planned to carry out terror attacks on famous US landmarks if Iran was bombed, court hears
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Gee, he doesn't look like a spy.
  • Alexei Saab
    ... age 45, he was also known as Ali Hassan Saab, Alex Saab, and Rachid. Until his 2019 arrest he worked as director of information technology for a Morristown, New Jersey energy company, supplementing his income as an adjunct lecturer at Baruch College. He joined Hezbollah in 1996, soaked up all sorts of advanced spy & sabotage training, and by 2003 was collecting information about potential targets in the US, which proved no barrier to his naturalization in the fateful year of 2008. There is also the small matter of marriage fraud...
    allegedly worked for Hezbollah's Islamic Jihad Organization
    ...not the same as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which operates in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, financed by Iranian money...
    as a spy

  • Investigators allege he planned to carry out attacks on famous U.S. landmarks if Iran were to be bombed and would photograph his potential targets

  • The naturalized US citizen worked as a software engineer in New Jersey by day and as a terrorist operative by night, officials allege

  • He faces numerous charges including conspiracy, supporting a foreign terrorist organization, citizenship application fraud and more

  • Saab has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is currently on trial in NYC
He is also facing a marriage fraud charge for allegedly marrying a co-conspirator in 2012 under false pretenses. Saab's lawyer did not contest that charge.

The most serious charge carries a maximum potential penalty of 25 years in prison, though the charges collectively carry potential penalties of over 100 years in prison.
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-26
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