
news.bbc.co.uk...
The scientist, who has so far not been identified under French judicial rules, appeared at a court in Paris to face charges of "criminal
association with a terrorist enterprise", officials said.
The physicist had exchanged messages over the internet with people known to be close to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and expressed a desire
to carry out attacks, but had "not got to the stage of carrying out material acts of preparation", one said.
Hmm, i wonder what this guy was planning (if indeed he is guilty) ?
I think one of two things.
Either a terrorist act, using knowledge gained from his field of study (possibly via communication to the aformentioned network).
or sabotage. Possibly resulting in a financial drain?
What do you think?
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