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. More here.
And, his lawyer now has an outside PR firm speaking for him.
The spokesperson, Wendy Aiello, says Zazi's father met with FBI agents at 1 p.m. The family has been fully cooperating with the FBI. She added that she does not know how long the interviews will last and that updates will be available when she gets them.
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.
18 U.S.C. Sec. 2339(D) "Receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization" carries a ten year sentence.
Update: All the local news stations are now reporting similar news. CBS points out he's admitting ties to terrorism but not to a terror plot. A local Fox station cites DOJ sources:
Department of Justice sources tell FOX News that Zazi is negotiating a plea agreement on unspecified terrorist-related charges.
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