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Source: https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/nj-man-lived-double-life-as-hezbollah-sleeper-agent-feds/
New Jersey Man Was "Sleeper Agent" for Hizbullah
(New York Post) Ben Feuerherd - New Jersey software engineer Alexei Saab, 45, "posed as a regular guy," all while gathering intelligence on a number of New York City landmarks, tunnels and bridges, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sam Adelsberg said at the start of his trial Monday. "In reality, he was a sleeper agent for Hizbullah ready to strike." Saab was recruited by the terror organization as a college student in Lebanon and rose up the ranks, ultimately enlisting in the "external security organization," Unit 910. In the early 2000s, Hizbullah dispatched Saab and other spies to the U.S. - putting them in place to kill Americans if the U.S. attacked Iran. As he surveilled potential targets for Hizbullah, Saab determined if the locations had weaknesses or "soft spots" - and where a bomb would have to be planted to cause the most harm. A U.S. citizen since 2008, he was arrested by the feds in 2019.