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...Fort Dix case, the Circuit City clerk's suspicion was reasonable. He had no experience with guns and thought what he had seen were illegal, fully automatic weapons (they were not). It made sense to be cautious. The police, too, did everything right. They saw what might or might not have been a sign of terrorism, and they took the tip seriously...
...April 2006, just after Omar began working with the FBI on the Fort Dix case, the government tried to deport him yet again, according to the Department of Justice. Immigration officials declined to reveal any details about what led to that proceeding. But the record reflects that the case was closed in September 2006, which happened to be just after Omar recorded Shnewer saying some very provocative things about Fort Dix. The prosecutor has not yet confirmed Omar's name, let alone whether he received any kind of deal in exchange for his help. But it is clear that...
...Fort Dix case, Omar was watched closely. "We felt fairly confident that we knew what was going on with these guys all the time," says U.S. Attorney Christie. There are more than 100 hours of recordings of Omar's conversations with the defendants. The month after Omar met Mohamed Shnewer, according to the complaint, Shnewer shared a DVD with Omar that allegedly contains jihadist recruitment messages. The next month Shnewer loaned Omar his laptop and told him to check out a file that appears to be the wills of at least two of the hijackers involved in 9/11, the complaint...
...most damning statements seem to have come from Mohamed Shnewer when he was alone with the informant. On Aug. 1, he allegedly told Omar, "If you want to do anything here, there is Fort Dix and I don't want to exaggerate, and I assure you that you can hit an American base very easily ... When you go to a military base, you need mortars and RPGs." Under the law, an informant must be a witness to the crime - not the instigator. Shnewer's use of the second person, you, suggests that he may have viewed the informant...
...Again and again, accused terrorists have argued that they were entrapped. So far, this strategy has not worked very well. Legally, entrapment is difficult to prove. But in the Fort Dix case, the families of the defendants still insist they were tricked by Omar. Burim, the youngest Duka brother, says the first time he heard of any plot was from the informant. He says Omar asked him and his brother Eljvir if they wanted to participate, and they said no. Burim believes that Omar "brainwashed" Mohamed. A sixth defendant, Agron Abdullahu, pleaded guilty in October to conspiring...