Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi was previously employed by the intelligence agency before coming to the U.S.
Washington — 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.
government agency they worked with,' a U.S. official told CBS News. 'That process includes checking against a full range of relevant U.S. records and holdings.'The CIA declined to comment. NBC News first reported Tawhedi's employment at the CIA. Federal investigators allege that Tawhedi searched for access to surveillance and security cameras located in Washington, D.C., and checked webcams showing the White House and Washington Monument in late July.
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