DENVER, Colorado, Oct 10, (AFP) -The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of conspiring to bomb New York around the anniversary of 9/11 pleaded not guilty on Friday to lying to FBI investigators.
Mohammed Zazi, father of Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of building homemade bombs from household products, was indicted by a grand jury in Denver, Colorado.
He was accused of “making a false statement in a matter involving international and domestic terrorism,” according to the Department of Justice.
If found guilty he faces eight years in prison.
Zazi's lawyer Ed Harris said the indictment came as “no great surprise.””It's a minor quantum of evidence to get an indictment,” he said.
Harris earlier asked for full disclosure of evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), arguing that the court should suppress such evidence.
The FISA evidence presents a “chicken and egg” situation, forcing the defense to challenge the evidence by a certain deadline when it has not been turned over for review. |
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