‘EXBIBIT A APEIDAVIT OF HEIDI L.. WILLIAMS I, Heidi L. Williams, a Special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), in Boston, Massachusetts, being duly sworn, depose and state: 1. Tam employed by the PBI as a Special agent and am assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force ("JTTF"). I have been ‘a Special Agent of the FBI for over five years. Ihave been assigned to the OTT for over four years. In my current assignment, I am involved in investigations and prosecutions of terroriem and terrorism offenses. I am currently assisting other TTF agents in the investigation of TAREK MEHANNA (*MEHANNA‘) and AHMAD ABOUSANRA ("ABOUSAMRA”) and others, for several offen: including, material support for terrorists and designated terrorist organizations, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, and conspiracy to violate the laws of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A & B, 956, and 372. 2. The information contained in this affidavit is based upon interviews of witnesses, review of witness statements or reports of others who conducted interviews, my conversations with fellow members of the JTTP who have personal knowledge, my review of recorded conversations and documents related to this investigation, as well as personal observations or reports of the observations of other agents, and inferences I have drawn from=P 109. mumerous files on the Computer revealed that MEHANNA and others glorified the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. For example, the Computer contained photographs depicting MEHANNA and others at the construction site at Ground Zero (the site of the World Trade Center complex) in New York with large grins and MEHANNA has one finger pointed up in the air. Another communication revealed that MEHANNA sought out internet links to a tribute video to the September 11, 2001 hijackers. Ina communication from June 2006, he laughed after saying that New York was no longer the land of the two towers without the two towers. Instead, he suggested calling it the land of rape MEHANNA then stated that instead of asking for God’s mercy for the victims in the World Trade center, he suggested asking for vallah’s [] mercy on just the buildings[,] not the sinners that were in it [,] ae at least the buildings weren't sinners(.]* 110. Communications and files located on the Computer also indicated that MEHANNA gave advice to another like-minded individual on where to go in Yemen, since he had been there. For example, in May 2006, MEHANNA said that when he was there, it was very tribal, full of bandits and al-ga’idah, and he advised going to a particular school there. . 111. The Computer revealed that MBHANNA and others reveled in the death of United States servicemen overseas. For example, 40butter and jelly," which was aleo referred to as “P, BJ.” MBHANWA told CH2 that when Maldonado told MEHANNA that he was “making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." NEHANNA warned Maldonado that he shoulda’t say things Like that over the telephone. #2 asked MBHANWA what the phrase meant. MBHANNA stated that, in general, it meant “I'm here fighting.” 85. CW2 pressed MBHANNA on what Maldonado knew and what ABOUSAMRA might have told him, MEHANNA could not say specifically vhat he was told, but stated because “people are not freaking idiots,” it ie not necessary to “sit down and explain these things to people like Dan (i.e., why they went to Yemen and why ABOUSAMRA went to Iraq). MEHANNA added, if you told Dan (tardonado) “1 was in Afghanistan’ he wouldn't say “what were you doing there? (I believe he meant that, without having to explicitly say s0, Dan would obviously understand that the reason one of them would go to Afghanistan is to engage in jihad.) 85. MBHANNA admitted to C#2 that he hung out with Maldonado at least once a month before Maldonado moved to Houston, MBHARNA stated that he has also stayed in contact with ABOUSAMRA, since ABOUSAMRA eft the United States. =D 07. cw? also asked MBHANWA if his parents knew why he went to Yemen. MEHANWA told CW2 “they know I didn’t go there to graze goats." MEHANNA opined that Daniel Maldonado and others know 32