Man who plotted to blow up NYC subway may walk out of prison within days after providing investigators with 'extraordinary' assistance.
"I am sorry for the harm that I caused," Zazi told the court."I am asking for forgiveness."Click here to read the NBC New York version of this story
According to a sentencing memo from prosecutors filed this February, he provided"extraordinary" assistance, including evidence that led to the conviction of his two closest friends and testified at trials in the United States. Prosecutors said he had met with the government more than 100 times while in federal custody, and had"directly contributed to the prosecution of numerous individuals.
Zazi was born in Afghanistan and raised in Pakistan until he was a teenager. In 1999, he and his family moved to the borough of Queens in New York City.he started watching Al Qaeda videos on the internetThat August, he and two co-conspirators traveled to Pakistan and were recruited by Al Qaeda. He was trained at a camp in the Waziristan region of Pakistan in how to make explosive devices, and agreed to carry out a suicide bombing attack.
On Sept. 9, 2009, Zazi began driving from Colorado to Queens. He was tailed by FBI agents. After being stopped and searched by police at the George Washington Bridge, he arrived in New York City on the afternoon of Sept. 10 with plans to finish building his bombs.
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