{
  "id": 11402729,
  "title": "DOE employee arrested by FBI for allegedly trying to support Houthis in Yemen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/doe-employee-arrested-by-fbi-for-allegedly-trying-to-support-houthis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:03:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/energy-department-employee-arrested-fbi-iran-houthis-yemen-ashton-ellaboudy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Justice Department has arrested 51-year-old Department of Energy electrical engineer Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy on charges of providing support to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Ellaboudy allegedly purchased materials for homemade explosives and drones, traveled to Yemen, and attempted to establish government-level connections there. He was arrested after his communications with multiple informants - including one posing as a Houthi colonel - were uncovered during an investigation into his purchase of precursor chemicals and drone parts. Ellaboudy faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.",
  "summary": "A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}