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Report: Najibullah Zazi in Plea Negotiations, FBI to Question Zazi's Father

By Jeralyn

ABC News is reporting:

The Aurora man under FBI investigation for alleged ties to a New York bomb plot, has admitted he has ties to al-Qaida and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News. The official said Zazi had received explosives training and his possible guilty plea would be part of a deal to cooperate with the government.

The report says Zazi made the admissions this morning. The NY Daily News has a similar account. [More..]

Lawyers for Najibullah Zazi, 25, were negotiating with federal officials for an agreement where he could admit receiving military training - but deny plans to injure any Americans, sources familiar with the case said.

His lawyer denies the report. But, his lawyer also says the FBI now wants to question his father, Mohamed Zazi, who lives with Zazi at the home searched Wednesday.

Wednesday and Thursday, Zazi and his lawyer drove to the federal building for Zazi's interrogation sessions with the FBI. This morning, the FBI picked Zazi up at his apartment in a black SUV's with tinted windows that entered the building's underground parking structure.

The FBI has also been returning to various places, including storage unit facilities, showing photos of Zazi and three other persons who appear to be Middle Easterners.

"This week, they came back with four pictures, one of the same individual that's being interviewed by the FBI right now and three others, women and a man. But they never rented here. So we talked and he left," storage facility manager Harvey Boardman said.

I hope the reports are false. If true, it looks like Zazi handed himself over on a silver platter. And probably has a big target on his back as a result of all his cooperation.

Prior Posts:

• Another Full Day of FBI Questioning for Najibullah Zazi, More Friday
• Zazi to Be Questioned Further by FBI Today
• FBI Executes Search Warrants on Subject of Denver Terror Probe

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 18, 2009 (boomark / email).