CNN 2009-09-21

All right, breaking news this morning. The FBI has made 3 arrests in a terror probe right here on US soil, being a father and a son in Aurora¹, Colorado also a man in Queens, New York under arrest, all for making false statements.

Yeah, that's the charge right now. More charges could come. All expected to be in court on Monday. Homeland Security correspondent Jeanne Meserve has been following this story for us from Denver and again, the part we're trying to understand, maybe some more charges could come, because right now not necessarily terror charges that they're facing.

That's right. But this allows the authorities to hold them, question them as the investigation² continues. The 3 men in custody³, Najibullah Zazi, he is the man here in Denver, his father in Denver, also arrested in New York an acquaintance of theirs, Akmad Afzali, all are charged with lying to the FBI during a terror investigation. In Najibullah Zazi's case, it has to do with a jpeg on his computer which included 10 pages of hand written notes detailing how to build a bomb. According to court documents, he told the FBI he didn't write them, he didn't put them there. But according to the document, FBI forensics indicate that he did write them and did put them there. Also in these documents, we learned that Najibullah Zazi has admitted to authorities that he attended an Al-Qaeda training camp in Pakistan where he got weapons and explosives training, this despite the fact that Zazi and his attorney said just yesterday that they had made no such admission to authorities. As for the father and for the acquaintance in New York, they allegedly lied to authorities about a series of telephone calls in which they alerted Najibullah Zazi to the fact that he was under investigation. No specifics of any alleged⁴ plot are laid out in these documents and a justice department official says he still does not have the details on the targeting, the timing⁵ or the location of any attacks, but this investigation certainly still continuing here and around the world.

A killer⁶ is on the loose in Washington state, a legally insane killer. Police say Phillip Paul, there he is, he escaped Thursday during a mental hospital field trip to a county fair. Police say he took a backpack of clothes to the fair with him on this trip. That suggested that maybe he was planning this escape. The state is now reviewing hospital policy that allows patients to take these types of trips. Paul was committed to this mental hospital after killing⁷ a community activist⁸ in 1987. He said he believed that community activist was a witch.

1 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

6 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。