<---- The Rocky Mountain Jihadi in cuffs.
Najibullah Zazi was back in court today and is in "fairly good spirits considering his situation" according to his lawyer. (ahem)
From Bloomberg:
U.S. prosecutors said they may add new criminal charges to the case of Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan accused of planning to detonate a bomb in New York around the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks.
Zazi, 24, a former airport shuttle-van driver, was engaged in what federal authorities called “a chilling and disturbing sequence of events” which “suggests the defendant was intent on making a bomb and being in New York on 9/11 for purposes of perhaps using such item.”
“It is likely there will be additional charges,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Knox told a federal judge today in a hearing in Brooklyn, New York. “Our anticipation is that we will be seeking a superseding indictment.”
Zazi appeared today before U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie. He was arrested and charged in September with terrorism conspiracy. He pleaded not guilty and remains in custody and faces as long as life in prison if convicted.
Prosecutors said in court papers that Zazi conspired with at least three others. Knox said previously that the evidence against Zazi is “voluminous” and “the conspiracy here is international in scope.”
Zazi remains in solitary confinement in federal jail in Brooklyn. His next court date is slated for February 16.
