One thing government officials seem unanimous on is that Muhammad had nothing to do with any organized terrorist groups as stated by Montgomery County (Maryland) state's attorney Doug Gansler on NBC's Meet the Press last Sunday. Yet Muhammad's activities and associations in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua need official explanation.
Muhammad/Williams lived for several years in Antigua. With no visible means of support he nevertheless could afford to send his three children to one of the few private schools on the island. He was known by friends and associates there to be involved in arranging illegal entry for non-citizens into the U.S.
Evidently Muhammad would furnish fraudulent passports and birth certificates for a fee of from $1,000 to $1,500 per person. The illegal aliens would then be furnished with the return portion of a round-trip airline ticket from the U.S. to Antigua.That doesn't sound like a one-man operation. Gansler said, We're looking into the angles and explanations."
Antiguan acquaintances of Muhammad relate a couple of instances when he had brushes with immigration authorities but was never charged after talking to higher-ups. Muhammad was said to boast that he had contacts in the FBI and CIA.
It may have been in the smuggling operation that Muhammad made the connection with Malvo. Lee and his mother, Uma James were illegal entrants into the U.S. Landing first in Florida, Lee attending a high school there for a brief time. Eventually they migrated to Washington and ended up in Bellingham where Lee enrolled at the high school there.
Muhammad/Williams lived for several years in Antigua. With no visible means of support he nevertheless could afford to send his three children to one of the few private schools on the island. He was known by friends and associates there to be involved in arranging illegal entry for non-citizens into the U.S.
Evidently Muhammad would furnish fraudulent passports and birth certificates for a fee of from $1,000 to $1,500 per person. The illegal aliens would then be furnished with the return portion of a round-trip airline ticket from the U.S. to Antigua.That doesn't sound like a one-man operation. Gansler said, We're looking into the angles and explanations."
Antiguan acquaintances of Muhammad relate a couple of instances when he had brushes with immigration authorities but was never charged after talking to higher-ups. Muhammad was said to boast that he had contacts in the FBI and CIA.
It may have been in the smuggling operation that Muhammad made the connection with Malvo. Lee and his mother, Uma James were illegal entrants into the U.S. Landing first in Florida, Lee attending a high school there for a brief time. Eventually they migrated to Washington and ended up in Bellingham where Lee enrolled at the high school there.