Alleged NYC Terror Plot Suspect to Be Questioned for 3rd Day

Sept. 18, 2009 — -- Najibulla Zazi, the man being investigated for a possible connection to al Qaeda and a suspected terror plot to attack New York City, emerged Thursday night from a second day of answering questions posed by FBI agents.

Zazi and his attorney, Arthur Folsom, entered the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in downtown Denver at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. They were whisked out of the building by FBI agents around 10:30 p.m.

Zazi declined to answer any questions, and his attorney would not provide any detail about the kinds of questions the FBI was asking.

"Everything we are going over, we are going over in excruciating detail," Folsom said, adding that he and his client would be back for a third day of questioning this morning.

Zazi spent eight and a half hours answering questions Wednesday, the same day FBI agents served search warrants at his Aurora, Colo., apartment and a nearby house where his aunt, Rabia Zazi, lives. FBI Special Agent Kathy Wright would not comment on details of the investigation but confirmed that the two locations were the only ones searched Wednesday.

Folsom insisted that his client is not under arrest and is not being called a suspect. He downplayed reports that bomb-making materials were found in Zazi's apartment.

"If they had found something, would you let a guy go if he's already sitting in your building?" Folsom said.