Several months later, after being allowed to move into the general population, El Bahnasawy was given drugs by another inmate, leading to more complications. The authorities said El Bahnasawy was arrested in New Jersey after he entered the United States from Canada. “We need a really strong bomb,” El Bahnasawy wrote in one message, referring to the Times Square plot, the authorities said. The lawyers’ letter said El Bahnasawy tried unsuccessfully to challenge the loss-of-visitation privileges within the jail system, before raising it with Berman. El Bahnasawy pleaded guilty in October 2016 to conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and other charges.

Source: thestar October 10, 2017 03:11 UTC