Airport Arrest Turns Up Nuclear Info

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/16/D8LE7F981.html
 
A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
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tbart.com>  after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in
cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials
and cyanide. 

Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after
a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an
affidavit filed in court. 


When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000,
authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an
additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they
found the mysterious files. 


At a court hearing Wednesday, Dinssa was ordered held in custody until at
least until Monday at the request of prosecutors. 


Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller argued Dinssa was a potential risk to
the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his
computer more thoroughly, The Detroit News
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reported Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Donald Scheer approved Feller's request
to detain him. 


Dinssa, who is from Dallas, arrived in Detroit from Nigeria
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Amsterdam and was headed for Phoenix, Feller said. He is charged with
concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty
of five years
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itbart.com>  in prison, the Detroit Free Press
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reported. 


A message seeking comment was left Thursday with his lawyer, Leroy Soles. 


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