The Afghan national charged with planning an Election Day terror attack was previously employed in a security role in Afghanistan by the CIA, CBS News has confirmed.
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who was arrested Monday in Oklahoma City, is accused of planning the attack on behalf of ISIS.
Tawhedi along with unnamed co-conspirators — including a juvenile who is Tawhedi's brother-in-law — took several steps to carry out the attack in the U.S., including selling their family home and their belongings and were in the process of relocating their family abroad and purchasing firearms and ammunition, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
Tawhedi and his brother-in-law received two AK-47 rifles on Monday, shortly before their arrest, according to the criminal complaint.
In an interview with investigators after his arrest, Tawhedi said they had purchased the weapons to carry out an attack on Election Day and target large gatherings of people, during which they "expected to be martyred," the complaint says.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment specifically on the case at Thursday's White House press briefing, but said "every Afghan national who entered the U.S. was screened and vetted by intelligence, law enforcement, counterterrorism professionals." – Source
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas REFUSES to answer questions on the Afghan national who was arrested for an Election Day terror plot. – Source
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