[justanotherday]

"He was apparently well known in his trade and could quickly establish his expertise. He did some work while there and did earn money. He had a dream about building cheap cell towers and getting rich. Remember he was raised in an leftist idealist enviorment and lacked real world common sense."

You really put the word "common" in common sense.

[FITZ]

He was apparently well known in his trade and could quickly establish his expertise.

He was only 26 --- and apparently was sharing his email account with an Arab just 2 years ago --- so he would likely have still been in college then --- but it wouldn't be difficult to make your foreigner connections in college --- with students coming over here to gain some technical expertise --- even if the Arabs he met didn't know much about email accounts, they might have been impressed with his willingness to help them, show them the ropes.