But some elements of his assistance with U.S. counterterrorism efforts have become public through his testimony in other terror prosecutions. Born in Afghanistan, Zazi moved to Pakistan as a child and then relocated to New York City as a teenager. Following his 2009 arrest and decision to cooperate, Zazi testified against Medunjanin in the subway plot. In 2015, he gave critical evidence in the trial of Abid Naseer, a Pakistani national convicted of leading an al-Qaeda plot to bomb a shopping mall in Manchester, England. Other would-be terrorists have been able to gain their freedom by cooperating with prosecutors.

Source: Fox News May 01, 2019 05:23 UTC