TRENTON, N.J. -- A senior al-Qaida operative accused of conducting surveillance on U.S. financial buildings as possible terror targets had entered the United States on a student visa, according to a newspaper report.
FBI agent Joseph Billy Jr. told The Record of Bergen County for a story in Thursday editions that the operative lived in New Jersey and attended several schools there while carrying out the reconnaissance operation. Billy did not identify the schools.
U.S. officials have identified the suspect as 32-year-old Dhiren Barot. He was arrested by British authorities in August and remains in custody there.
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