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US man faces more questioning in terror probe
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-18 14:01 DENVER: A man identified by law enforcement as having a possible link to al-Qaida has ended a second day of questioning in a terrorism probe but has been asked to return for more interviews, his attorney said. Attorney Arthur Folsom, who represents Najibullah Zazi, said his client was allowed to leave Thursday night after eight hours of questioning but said that the FBI asked Zazi to come back Friday for a third day of interviews. FBI officials in Denver declined to comment. Zazi didn't speak to reporters, but Folsom said he did not expect his client to be arrested. If agents intended to jail Zazi, they probably would have done so already, he said. An official familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press that Zazi had contact with a known al-Qaida associate, but would not provide details on the location or nature of the encounter. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
"He's simply somebody who was in the wrong place at the wrong time," Folsom said. Agents questioned Zazi for hours on Wednesday and searched his apartment and the home of his aunt and uncle in the Denver suburb of Aurora. The official said agents have been monitoring Zazi and four others in Colorado as part of a terrorism investigation. The case took a strange turn when Zazi rented a car and made a cross-country trip from Denver to New York, crossing into Manhattan last week, on the day before the September 11 anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks. He was stopped in what was described as a routine stop at the George Washington Bridge before he was allowed to go free. |
