Najibullah Zazi, the Afghan immigrant accused by federal officials of orchestrating an al Qaeda plot to set off bombs in New York, pleaded not guilty to terrorism conspiracy charges in a Brooklyn court today. The 24-year-old was arrested in Denver on September 20 on charges that he lied about an alleged plot to build bombs from chemicals purchased at a beauty supply store. Zazi was flown to New York from Denver on Friday and investigators say he may have had three accomplices. Outside the courtroom, his lawyer said, “To use a hackneyed phrase, I’d like to stop this rush to judgment, because what I’ve seen so far does not amount to a conspiracy.”
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