Questions: Forget about the federal terrorism investigation for a minute…but some questions regarding this "immigrant"…..Is he here LEGALLY?
Is he a Refugee here on an executive order?
He's 24 years old. How is it he has enough money to run back and forth between here and Pakistan to visit his wife there?
How does an airport shuttle driver have enough money to rent a car and drive it to NY from Denver?
How does he have enough money to come to NY from Denver to deal with problems he's had with a coffee vending cart that he ran FOR YEARS on Wall Street?
FBI Again Questions Immigrant in Terror Probe
• SEPTEMBER 18, 2009, 3:33 A.M. ET
By STEPHANIE SIMON
online.wsj.com
An airport shuttle driver at the center of a federal terrorism investigation returned Thursday for further questioning by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in Denver, a day after federal agents searched his apartment and interviewed him for eight hours.
Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan, provided a DNA swab, a handwriting sample and fingerprints during his eight-hour interrogation on Wednesday afternoon and evening, according to one of his attorneys, Armstrong Graham. "It sounds worse than it was," Mr. Graham said. "It was very cordial, very productive."
The agents pressed for information about Mr. Zazi's family and friends and his travel history, Mr. Graham said. Mr. Zazi's wife lives in Pakistan, and his lawyers say he visits her there regularly. Last week, Mr. Zazi rented a car and drove to New York. He said he had to deal with some problems involving a coffee-vending cart that he operated for years on Wall Street. Mr. Zazi stayed with an old friend in the borough of Queens; earlier this week, the friend's apartment and two others were searched.
Mr. Zazi hasn't been arrested or charged. Authorities haven't released any information about the results of their searches in Queens or in the Denver area.
Both Mr. Zazi and his lawyers have repeatedly said he has no ties to terrorism.
The U.S. Attorney in Denver declined to comment on the case and the FBI didn't return calls.
A practicing Muslim, Mr. Zazi has been fasting during the day for the month of Ramadan. When Wednesday's interrogation continued past sundown, the traditional time for breaking the fast, the FBI agents brought him fast food, but Mr. Zazi didn't eat it, Mr. Graham said. "He didn't ask for any breaks," Mr. Graham said. "His attitude was 'Let's get this done.'"
Write to Stephanie Simon at stephanie.simon@wsj.com
Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A4 |
