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Alleged in-law of al-Qaeda official gets bail

By Richard Binder

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Over the strong objections of the government, a federal judge in Orange County agreed to grant bail Tuesday for the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's alleged security coordinator in a case that is stirring debate about the FBI's use of informants.

Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, a Tustin man of Afghan origin who earned his U.S. citizenship five years ago, would be electronically monitored and confined to his home if his family can guarantee $500,000 bail. If released, he would also be restricted from traveling outside Southern California and must surrender his passport and other travel documents.

U.S. Magistrate Arthur Nakazato said he considered not granting bail and that he was troubled by an FBI agent's testimony that Niazi considered Bin Laden "an angel," planned to blow up buildings and showed sympathy to at least one terrorist organization.

Yet, the judge said a person cannot choose his relatives and that Niazi had not tried to flee despite knowing he had been under investigation for at least a year.

Niazi is not charged with terrorism, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Deirdre Eliot told Nakazato that searches of his home and computers yielded evidence that he sympathizes with terrorist groups and has ties to men who are globally designated as terrorists.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).

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