2the defendant QUAZI MOHAMMAD REZWANUL AHSAN NAFIS did knowingly andintentionally attempt to provide material support and resources, asdefined in 18 U.S.C. § 2339A(b), including communications equipment,explosives and personnel, including himself, to a foreign terroristorganization, to wit: al-Qaeda.(Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B(a)(1))The source of your deponent’s information and the groundsfor his belief are as follows:
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1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation (“FBI”). I have been employed by the FBI forapproximately two years. I am currently assigned to the New YorkJoint Terrorism Task Force (“JTTF”), which is dedicated to
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Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limitedpurpose of establishing probable cause to arrest, I have not set forthevery fact learned during the course of this investigation. Atvarious points in this affidavit, I will offer my interpretationsof certain communications in brackets and otherwise. Myinterpretations are based on my knowledge of the investigation todate and review of prior communications, the contents and contextof the communications, prior and subsequent communications,conversations with other officers, and my experience and familiaritywith terrorist organizations generally. Summaries ofcommunications do not include references to all the topics coveredduring the course of the communications. In addition, the summariesdo not necessarily include references to all statements made by thespeakers on the topics that are mentioned. Finally, quotations fromwritten communications are as they appear in their original form,including any grammatical or spelling errors. While transcribershave attempted to transcribe conversations accurately, to the extentthat quotations from these communications are included, these arepreliminary, not final, transcriptions.