FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
- Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, an electrical engineer, is accused of purchasing materials for homemade explosives and drones, and traveled to Yemen to aid the Houthis in improving their communications capabilities.
- Ellaboudy claimed to be on a US government mission upon returning from Yemen, which his supervisor denied knowledge of, raising suspicions.
