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Defense: Would terror suspect act without FBI?
Source: Associated Press
Defense: Would terror suspect act without FBI?
by NIGEL DUARA Associated Press
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 2:48 PM
Updated today at 3:39 PM
PORTLAND -- A veteran federal public defender grilled an undercover FBI agent on his motives when he posed as a member of al-Qaida and presented an Oregon teenager with options to serve as a good Muslim.
None of those options included walking away from an alleged car-bomb plot, which culminated in the arrest of terrorism suspect Mohamed Mohamud in November 2010, the defense argues. The bomb was a fake provided by the undercover agents posing as members of al-Qaida.
At Mohamud's terrorism trial in U.S. District Court on Friday, attorney Lisa Hay found at least two examples of the agent, testifying under the pseudonym "Youssef," giving Mohamud a list of choices. None included backing off the plot entirely, and Mohamud's defense argues he was entrapped by the FBI.
The agent denies attempting to influence Mohamud.
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by NIGEL DUARA Associated Press
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 2:48 PM
Updated today at 3:39 PM
PORTLAND -- A veteran federal public defender grilled an undercover FBI agent on his motives when he posed as a member of al-Qaida and presented an Oregon teenager with options to serve as a good Muslim.
None of those options included walking away from an alleged car-bomb plot, which culminated in the arrest of terrorism suspect Mohamed Mohamud in November 2010, the defense argues. The bomb was a fake provided by the undercover agents posing as members of al-Qaida.
At Mohamud's terrorism trial in U.S. District Court on Friday, attorney Lisa Hay found at least two examples of the agent, testifying under the pseudonym "Youssef," giving Mohamud a list of choices. None included backing off the plot entirely, and Mohamud's defense argues he was entrapped by the FBI.
The agent denies attempting to influence Mohamud.
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Read more: http://www.kgw.com/news/Defense-Would-terror-suspect-act-without-FBI-187525531.html
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