Terror suspect had lab access, documents say

["Gerry Blackwood" <gpblackwood@justice.com>]

Terror suspect had lab access, documents say

 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001810152_idahoterror08m.html



By The Associated Press



 

COEUR D'ALENE — A University of Idaho graduate student

who is under investigation for suspected terrorism ties

got unauthorized access to a campus lab containing

radioactive material, court documents allege. 



Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a Saudi national working on his

computer-science doctoral degree, quietly moved his

student office into the school's engineering isotope

lab, apparently without his adviser's knowledge,

according to documents cited yesterday in The (Spokane)

Spokesman-Review. 



"The investigation of Sami Al-Hussayen has, from its

outset, been focused on suspected material support to

terrorism," FBI agent Michael Gnecknow said in the

documents. 



FBI agents say they were worried the nuclear waste

could be used in a "dirty bomb." Such devices involve

the use of conventional explosives to spread

radioactive waste. 



Al-Hussayen is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 20 on

charges of student-visa fraud. 



Although he has been charged only with visa fraud,

authorities claim Al-Hussayen raised money that was

funneled to Islamic charities including the Islamic

Assembly of North America, which is under investigation

for suspected terrorist ties. Al-Hussayen has denied

the allegations. 



Defense attorneys were unavailable for immediate

comment. 



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