Post by KNOWTHIS on Oct 21, 2006 21:02:32 GMT -5
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former university professor charged with plotting to bankroll Hamas terrorists was once asked by the CIA whether he wanted a job as a spy, his attorney told a jury Thursday.
former university professor charged with plotting to bankroll Hamas terrorists was once asked by the CIA whether he wanted a job as a spy, his attorney told a jury Thursday.
Attorney William Moffitt showed jurors a June 17, 1996, letter on CIA stationary telling Ashqar, then a post-graduate business student at the University of Mississippi, that he might want a clandestine services job.
"Operations officers serve overseas as collectors of information," the letter said. It told him to "tick the box below" to pursue such a job.
But Moffitt said that when the job was suggested, federal agents already had searched his house, found the documents and tapped his phone.
"Operations officers serve overseas as collectors of information," the letter said. It told him to "tick the box below" to pursue such a job.
But Moffitt said that when the job was suggested, federal agents already had searched his house, found the documents and tapped his phone.
