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On March 19, 2003, Faris was visited by two FBI agents and an anti-terror officer, who confronted him with testimony from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and the results of an intercepted telephone call. Faris was reportedly friendly and accommodating, and agreed to let the agents search his apartment the following day.
He was then granted a deal to work as a double agent, reporting to the FBI. He was ordered to leave his home in Columbus, and stay at a safe house in Virginia from which he would appear to continue discussions with his contacts, reporting the information back to the authorities. He told authorities that Majid Khan, a Baltimore youth who worked at his father's gas station, had referred to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as an "uncle" and spoken of a desire to kill Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf. After Khan was taken into custody, sent to a CIA black site and transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Faris said that his accusations were "an absolute lie" and that he had been coerced into making the statements.
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