[veronica]

mr. pink should be along shortly.

:)

Maybe they think this old man didn't really know what he was getting himself into. I read somewhere that the Feds were going to try and flip him for intel. Maybe they did, or think they can now.

[csvset]

Maybe they think this old man didn't really know what he was getting himself into. I read somewhere that the Feds were going to try and flip him for intel. Maybe they did, or think they can now.

This article suggests that the FBI was hoping to flip Lakhani.

FBI accuses BBC of wrecking operation to infiltrate al-Qaida

{snip}Senior US government officials told Newsweek magazine that the ultimate aim of the sting was to arrest Lakhani and then turn him into an informant who might lead them to terrorists trying to buy weapons. /snip}

At any rate, once this Abraham chump is squeezed of any useful info, I hope he's hit by a truck.

[dennisw]

Maybe they think this old man didn't really know what he was getting himself into.........


My odds are 5-1 he didn't. He was in it only for the money. He made $1,500 on the deal as far as I can see. Certainly was an odd bunch with the prime suspect being Hindu, not Muslim. This Hindu guy was near broke and needed money. Word is he was in the import/export of fabric.