article_snippet: The "female-sounding" email addresses were created to attract less attention, prosecutors say.
article_snippet: Email records show that Abid Naseer sent an email on April 3, 2009, to a man named Sohaib, who Abid Naseer says Abid Naseer met randomly in an online chatroom.  
article_snippet: Records also show that Abid Naseer used two email addresses to email Sohaib exclusively from public computers and used different email addresses on Abid Naseer personal computer for all other correspondence.
article_snippet: The email address belonging to Sohaib has since been identified as one belonging to a member of al Qaeda.
article_snippet: Abid Naseer said that Abid Naseer had no knowledge at the time that Sohaib was connected to al Qaeda in any way, and simply thought Abid Naseer was chatting with someone Abid Naseer met online.
article_snippet: All correspondence mentioning multiple women and the planning of a marriage were genuine, Abid Naseer said.
article_snippet: [I was] young and a bit desperate and wanted to settle down," Abid Naseer said, noting that there was nothing out of the ordinary about Abid Naseer search for a wife.