It has been confirmed that the Afghan refugee that was charged with plotting massive massacre on US election day worked for CIA.
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The Afghan national charged with planning an Election Day terror attack was previously employed in a security role in Afghanistan by the CIA, CBS News has confirmed.
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, who was arrested Monday in Oklahoma City, is accused of planning the attack on behalf of ISIS.
Tawhedi along with unnamed co-conspirators — including a juvenile who is Tawhedi’s brother-in-law — took several steps to carry out the attack in the U.S., including selling their family home and their belongings and were in the process of relocating their family abroad and purchasing firearms and ammunition, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
Tawhedi and his brother-in-law received two AK-47 rifles on Monday, shortly before their arrest, according to the criminal complaint.
In an interview with investigators after his arrest, Tawhedi said they had purchased the weapons to carry out an attack on Election Day and target large gatherings of people, during which they “expected to be martyred,” the complaint says.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment specifically on the case at Thursday’s White House press briefing, but said “every Afghan national who entered the U.S. was screened and vetted by intelligence, law enforcement, counterterrorism professionals.” – Source
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas REFUSES to answer questions on the Afghan national who was arrested for an Election Day terror plot. – Source
NEW—Disgraced DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas REFUSES to answer questions on the Afghan national who was arrested for an Election Day terror plot:
"Your persistence in questioning can be matched by my persistence in answers."
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi came here in 2021 after Biden's… pic.twitter.com/ZRyMfV9xIf
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 10, 2024
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday on federal charges over an alleged plot to carry out the attack after conspiring with the terrorist organization and obtaining firearms and ammunition.
Tawhedi, who lives in Oklahoma City, had worked as a security guard in his home country for the CIA, before entering the U.S. in September 2021—shortly after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The unsealed criminal complaint showed the suspect was in the U.S. on a special immigrant visa and was currently on parole awaiting adjudication of his immigration status. His wife and one child were also living with him.
The CIA declined to comment on the matter.
The DOJ told Newsweek that it could not comment beyond the criminal complaint, while a spokesperson for DHS repeated the stance that the suspect would have undergone strict vetting before entering the U.S. – Source
Heinrich asked Mayorkas how Tawhedi was brought to the U.S. and about the screening he underwent. But Mayorkas said he wished to focus on the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton. He was in North Carolina and participated in the briefing remotely. – Source
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