Chandia was separately charged in a four-count indictment in September 2005. He was charged with a conspiracy and a substantive count of providing material support to terrorists, in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 2339A, and a conspiracy and a substantive count of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 2339B. Though Agent Wyman had alleged in his affidavit that Chandia participated in the paintball training program, the government abandoned that contention prior to indictment. Instead, the indictment charged, and the government pressed at trial, two basic sets of allegations against Chandia. First, the government alleged that Chandia, at the urging of Ali Timimi, traveled to Pakistan in November 2001 to attend an LET training camp. The defense admitted that Chandia was in Pakistan from November 2001 to February 2002, but it claimed that the purpose of his trip was to provide care for his father, who underwent a thyroid operation, and to assist in the preparations for his brother's wedding. Second, the government alleged that during a series of events, occurring primarily between February 2002 and April 2003, Chandia provided material support to Mohammad Ajmal Khan (Ajmal Khan), an LET official whom Chandia allegedly met while in Pakistan. Specifically, the government alleged that Ajmal Khan traveled to the United States to secure high-tech equipment and other materials for LET and that Chandia provided material support to Ajmal Khan during his trips. The alleged material support included picking up Ajmal Khan at the airport, providing him access to a computer and e-mail at Chandia's residence, and assisting him in shipping paintballs to Pakistan for LET use in military training operations. The defense acknowledged Chandia's relationship with Khan but claimed Chandia was unaware of Khan's association with LET.