Mohammed Wali Zazi is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and Afzali and Najibullah Zazi are permanent legal residents.
Both Najibullah Zazi and his attorney denied reports that bomb-making instructions were stored on the suspect's computer.
Najibullah Zazi was tracked by the FBI and arrested for transporting the material from Denver to New York.
At one point, according to the papers, Afzali warned Najibullah Zazi that their phone call was being monitored.
According to affidavits outlining the charges against him, Afzali warned Najibullah Zazi that his phone call was being monitored.
Prosecutors are asking that his son, 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi, be held until trial.
An FBI handwriting expert determined the handwriting in the photographed document was similar to Najibullah Zazi's, according to the complaint.
At the Queens residence where Najibullah Zazi stayed during his visit, FBI agents seized a black scale containing several AA batteries.
Last autumn Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan who grew up in New York, was arrested for plotting to blow up the subway.
In September 2009, the FBI broke up an al Qaeda plot by Najibullah Zazi and two others to bomb New York subway lines.
Officials say he is an associate of Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil.
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And a source familiar with the investigation told CNN that no plea deal or proffer was made to Najibullah Zazi during his questioning.
On September 29th Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan immigrant, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in New York.
These include Faisal Shahzad, who failed to detonate a device in Times Square in 2010, and would-be subway bomber Najibullah Zazi and his confederates.
Investigators said Najibullah Zazi has admitted attending courses and receiving instructions on weapons and explosives at an al Qaeda training facility in Pakistan's tribal areas during a 2008 trip.
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These three tactics led to the arrest of Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan immigrant, who pleaded not guilty last month to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in New York.
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During the trial, Najibullah Zazi, who admitted masterminding the plot, and Zarein Ahmedzay, who were both went to high school with Medunjanin, testified against him, likely in hopes of lighter sentences.
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An attempt by Najibullah Zazi to contact a handler in the Afghan-Pakistan border area as he tried make the high explosive PETN in a Denver motel room was intercepted by counter-terrorism officers.
During those interviews, investigators said Najibullah Zazi admitted he attended courses and received instructions on weapons and explosives at an al Qaeda training facility in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan during a 2008 trip there.
In a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subway system, suspect Najibullah Zazi was able to purchase significant quantities of hydrogen peroxide, which he hoped to distill to a higher concentration that would make an effective bomb.
In the last decade, U.S. surveillance of would-be jihadists, and their movements in and out of the country, has improved dramatically - as shown by the arrest and conviction of conspirators such as Najibullah Zazi, Bryant Neal Vinas and others.
Investigators said Najibullah Zazi has admitted attending courses and receiving instructions on weapons and explosives at an al Qaeda training facility in Pakistan's tribal areas during a 2008 trip and lied to federal agents about explosives-handling instructions they found on his computer.
Maybe it will prove to be the case that the three men at the heart of these interrupted plots - Najibullah Zazi, Hosam Maher Husein Smadi and Michael Finton (also known as Talib Islam) - had no connection in a tactical or operational sense.
Looking at the failed Christmas airliner bombing, the aggressive recruitment of home-grown jihadis and the aborted Najibullah Zazi bombings in New York City, I'd say establishing a policy of coherence and constancy in meeting this threat is more urgent than the health-care odyssey Mr. Obama has forced on us for a year.
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