noticed this old Al Qaeda name the other day (the Polish-German guy!) plopped into the regional news section at the NYTimes:

Man Said to Have Ties to Al Qaeda Is Charged With Conspiring to Kill Americans

By Matt Stevens, Jan. 17

A German man who the authorities say “rubbed shoulders” with Osama bin Laden and other top Qaeda officials who planned and executed the Sept. 11 attacks has been charged with conspiring to kill Americans and support terrorists along with other crimes, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.

In a superseding indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York, the man, Christian Ganczarski, 51, was charged with a total of four counts; if he is convicted on all of them, prosecutors say, Mr. Ganczarski would face a maximum sentence of life in prison.

The United States is seeking Mr. Ganczarski’s extradition from France, where he has served 15 years of an 18-year sentence for crimes related to a 2002 Qaeda attack on a synagogue in Tunisia. (He has denied involvement in the attack.)

Attempts to reach a lawyer for Mr. Ganczarski were not successful on Wednesday.

In a statement, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States attorney in Manhattan, accused Mr. Ganczarski of providing “critical support to the most prolific terrorists of our time. The unsealing of the indictment exemplifies this office’s commitment to the relentless pursuit and prosecution of those who seek to harm Americans,” [.....]