areview.co.cc: The father of an Afghan-born airport shuttle driver accused of plotting an Al-Qaeda inspired bomb attack on New York City has been charged with conspiring to alter, destroy and conceal evidence in the case. The indictment against Mohammed Wali Zazi was unsealed by Brooklyn federal prosecutors, hours before he appeared in US District Court in Denver and waived his right to contest his transfer to New York. Zazi, 53, pleaded not guilty in October to separate charges of lying to the FBI agents investigating his son, Najibullah Zazi, 24, last year in Denver. Both men are natives of Afghanistan. The father is a naturalized US citizen, the son a permanent legal resident. During a 15-minute court hearing in Denver, the elder Zazi was informed that the original charges against him had been dismissed to make way for the indictment returned in New York, and he agreed to be moved there without further proceedings. The elder Zazi is accused of conspiring to alter, destroy and conceal objects, including liquid chemicals, with the intent to impair the objects’ integrity and availability for use in an official proceeding. According to press reports, Najibullah Zazi’s uncle, Naqib Jaji, 38, also has been charged in the case and is reported to have pleaded not guilty to one felony count.
