FBI affidavit - Wired

sister that he was going to the Oregon coast with his girlfriend on December 10, 2007, and that
he would return on December 13,2007. On December 10,2007, at approximately 8:30 am, a
court authorized tracker attached to NATHANIEL'S 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier, Oregon license
plate D/2 0156 showed that his car was parked at the Portland International Airport in Portland,
Oregon. A review of airline records showed that NATHANIEL left Portland at 6:00 am en route
to Lima, Peru, via George Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas. Travel records showed
that NATHANIEL was scheduled to return to Portland through Houston on December 13.2007.
ARC records show that an unidentified individual paid $1,160.70 in cash for this ticket at CWT-
Premier Travel and Cruise in Springfield, Oregon on October 11,2007.
40. While NATHANIEL was in Lima. Peru, from December 10,2007, to
December 13,2007, law enforcement conducted surveillance of his residence at Heron Meadows
Apartments, 4815 Unthank Avenue, Apartment 388, Eugene, Oregon 97402. Although
NATHANIEL told his sister he was at the beach with his girlfriend, agents watching the
apartment never saw NATHANIEL'S girlfriend leave the apartment during the time period
NATHANIEL was out of the country. In a ruse to confirm she was still in the apartment, an
undercover agent knocked on the door and NATHANIEL'S girlfriend answered.
41. On December 13,2007, NATHANIEL arrived at the Airport in Houston, Texas,
from Lima, Peru. When he arrived, he was directed by Department of Homeland Security
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Inspectors to submit to a secondary search and
questioning. FBI Special Agent John M. Cooney and I observed from a distance the search and
questioning of NATHANIEL. According to CBP inspectors, during questioning, NATHANIEL
gave CBP inspectors a customs declaration Fonn 6059B which was signed and dated