Goose Creek Suspect Investigation getting Interesting as they seize Computers and Wlamart Security Vides

From the Saint Petersburg Times the investigation of the Bombers caught outside Goose Creek, South Carolina home to the a Naval Weapons and Submarine Port as well as one of the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig and military prison where enemy combatants have been held is getting interesting.  The guys claimed they had Fireworks but Rocket engines and Pipe Bombs were found in addition to chemicals, fuses, and igniters with reports indicating that police found PVC (polyvinyl Chloride) piping (which can be used in making pipe bombs but also has many other industrial uses), model rocket motors (model rocket engine igniters can also be used as charges for pipe bombs), and other "suspicious" materials which have not been revealed yet (to make pipe bombs you would need some kind of explosive substance.

 

The Investigation is getting more interesting and serious as "FBI seizes computers, store video in bomb case"

...the FBI contacted the parents of Yousseff Samir Megahed of 4959 Anniston Circle, Tampa, who were on vacation, and got permission to search their home. When they returned, their computers were gone.

Megahed is one of two USF students arrested near a naval base in South Carolina over the weekend.

Ahmed Abda Mohamed's family questioned why the men are being held on such a high bail amount.

"They know their son is innocent," said M. Nachabe, faculty adviser for student Mohamed, after speaking by telephone with the man's parents in Egypt.

Many questions remain in the case of Mohamed, of 2107 E Nedro Road, Tampa, an engineering graduate student, and Megahed, a 21-year-old undergraduate.

Mohamed's age is listed variously as 24 and 26 in law enforcement records.

The men were arrested Saturday afternoon in Goose Creek, S.C., on charges of possession of an explosive device.

 

After a prosecutor argued the men were flight risks, a judge set bail at $500,000 for Mohamed and $300,000 for Megahed.

 

The FBI declined to discuss the case. An arrest affidavit from the Berkeley County, S.C., Sheriff's Office says that Mohamed told deputies he made the devices from components he bought at Wal-Mart.

 

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sharon Weber said the FBI had gone to a store for surveillance footage but declined to say which store or what is on the tape.

"The FBI has been to a store and picked up videotape," she said. "It's an open investigation. I don't think it would be appropriate to respond to specific questions."

It remained unclear Tuesday exactly why the men were in rural South Carolina or if they had a destination.

Neither man has a criminal record, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

 

On July 24, Tampa police accused Mohamed of illegally shooting squirrels in an east Tampa park. Police say he and Ahmad A. Ishtay, 19, used a pellet gun to shoot the animals in Rowlette Park.

Both were issued citations for discharging a firearm and using an illegal method of taking game, a report said. The case has not been resolved, court records show.

Another of Ishtay's roommates, Ghassan Salhab, 27, said the man from Mauritania moved here from Canada recently and returned there Monday.

 

Debbie Schlussel has more

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