<p>US authorities said a man accused of child pornography was connected to a Bangladeshi who planned to set off a bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a media report said.<br /><br />According to a New York Times report, Howard Willie Carter II was suspected of being an accomplice of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who was arrested in New York Wednesday, Xinhua reported.</p>.<p>The US Justice Department said in a statement that Nafis faces charges of planning to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to provide material support to Al Qaeda. <br /><br />The 21-year-old suspect could face life sentence if convicted. </p>.<p>The FBI said the 450-kg bomb Nafis prepared for the attack was not in working condition, adding that an undercover agent had been closely monitoring the suspect. <br /><br />Also according to the newspaper, Carter was arrested in the US city of San Diego after the FBI found 1,000 pictures of child pornography on a computer that was traced back to him in August. <br /><br />The FBI also found on the computer's hard drive emails addressed to "Yaqeen", a name Carter used to communicate with Nafis. <br /><br />In conversations with undercover officials, Nafis also said he once suggested attacking a military base near Baltimore, the report said.</p>
<p>US authorities said a man accused of child pornography was connected to a Bangladeshi who planned to set off a bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a media report said.<br /><br />According to a New York Times report, Howard Willie Carter II was suspected of being an accomplice of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who was arrested in New York Wednesday, Xinhua reported.</p>.<p>The US Justice Department said in a statement that Nafis faces charges of planning to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to provide material support to Al Qaeda. <br /><br />The 21-year-old suspect could face life sentence if convicted. </p>.<p>The FBI said the 450-kg bomb Nafis prepared for the attack was not in working condition, adding that an undercover agent had been closely monitoring the suspect. <br /><br />Also according to the newspaper, Carter was arrested in the US city of San Diego after the FBI found 1,000 pictures of child pornography on a computer that was traced back to him in August. <br /><br />The FBI also found on the computer's hard drive emails addressed to "Yaqeen", a name Carter used to communicate with Nafis. <br /><br />In conversations with undercover officials, Nafis also said he once suggested attacking a military base near Baltimore, the report said.</p>