Tuesday, January 04, 2005
NEW YORK POST January 4, 2005: A former FBI agent, defending himself against charges he stole law-enforcement information to commit stock fraud, tried to turn the tables yesterday with a wild claim he could have prevented 9/11 if he was allowed do his job.
Jeffrey Royer testified that early in 2001, his supervisors overreacted to a problem with an informant, and shut down a probe of a smuggling ring with ties to Hamas that had exploited security weaknesses on an Indian reservation bordering Canada.
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Royer made the bizarre assertion as he denied charges that he helped stock guru Anthony "Pacific" Elgindy manipulate the market.
Royer and Elgindy are co-defendants in the Brooklyn federal court trial...
During cross-examination, Royer admitted other agents had told him Elgindy was actually a suspect in the terror probe — and that he still leaked protected FBI information to a close associate of the stock genius.
Elgindy is on trial for using information about investigations into various companies to commit stock fraud and extortion — but has not been charged with any terror-related crime.
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