http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror
[from deep in the article]
(snip)
Zazi and his 53-year-old father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, were arrested Saturday in Denver. Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, was arrested in New York, where he is an imam at a mosque in Queens. The three are accused of making false statements to the government. If convicted, they face eight years in prison.
On Monday, Najibullah Zazi answered the judge’s questions politely with a “Yes, honor” or “No, honor.”
Afzali was ordered held without bail after prosecutors said they believed he might flee if released. He smiled and blew kisses to his wife and other relatives before deputy marshals led him out of the courtroom.
His attorney, Ron Kuby, accused authorities of trying to make Afzali a scapegoat for a botched investigation. Kuby told reporters outside court that before Afzali’s arrest, authorities had begged him to help them in the Zazi investigation. He said his client knew he was being recorded, and never tried to mislead the FBI.
“They blew their own investigation and now they’re trying to blame my client,” he said.
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Just heard on FNC
“Mass transit officials *accross the country* being TOLD to conduct ‘random searches’...”
Some disquieting word choices in that sentence....