Text of Affidavit by FBI in Arrest of Man Over Al-Qaida Bomb-Building Claim
By Andrew Cochran
The U.S. Attorney in Houston today announced the arrest of Ronald Allen Grecula for attempting to provide material support to Al-Qaida, specifically in attempting to build and sell an explosive device to an undercover officer who was posing as a member of Al-Qaida. According to the official affidavit filed by the FBI (Acrobat file), Grecula became friends with a fellow inmate while in prison in Malta, where Grecula was held on parental kidnaping charges until extradition to Pennsylvania. The "friend" became a confidential source ("CS" in the affidavit), to whom Grecula allegedly entrusted his knowledge of bombmaking and desire to build a bomb for Al-Qaida and other groups. The affidavit further alleges that Grecula wanted the CS to help kill Grecula's wife. Grecula allegedly told an undercover agent that he could build a powerful bomb using a kind of fusion technology, and the affidavit recounts specific details of the conversations from the tapes.
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