ated , ▁and ▁he ▁agreed . ▁He ▁later ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁afraid ▁they ▁might ▁treat ▁him ▁like ▁Mah er ▁Ar ar ▁if ▁he ▁refused . ▁He ▁gave ▁inter views , ▁took ▁lie ▁det ector ▁tests , ▁and ▁gave ▁the ▁agents ▁the ▁passwords ▁to ▁his ▁internet ▁accounts . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁confront ed ▁by ▁the ▁F BI ▁about ▁Abd ul lah ▁Al mal ki . ▁El z ah abi ▁with ▁his ▁brother , ▁was ▁working ▁with ▁Al m aki ▁to ▁sell ▁walk ie - t alk ies ▁to ▁Pak ist ani ▁customers ▁over se as . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁had ▁not ▁known ▁what ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁packages ▁they ▁ma iled ▁from ▁their ▁New ▁York ▁gar age . ▁Class ified ▁American ▁documents ▁le aked ▁to ▁The ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Mail ▁showed ▁that ▁El z ah abi ▁also ▁told ▁the ▁F BI ▁he ▁v agu ely ▁knew ▁Ar ar ▁in ▁Afghan istan , ▁having ▁" sp otted ▁him ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ". ▁ ▁El z ah abi ▁received ▁his ▁ins urance ▁clear ance ▁to ▁begin ▁work ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁trouble ▁ ▁" B rand ed ▁an ▁al - Q a eda ▁terror ist ," ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁F BI ▁agent ▁Harry ▁Sam it ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁lying ▁to ▁authorities ▁for ▁claim ing ▁to ▁have