conspirator in a 15-year racketeering conspiracy to illegally finance terrorist activities in Israel. Court documents allege he and defendant Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook _ considered one of the highest-ranking Hamas leaders internationally _ shared a Virginia bank account that was used to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hamas. «He is being held only on the material witness charge,» said Marcia Murphy, a spokeswoman for the Maryland U.S. attorney's office. Neither his court-appointed attorney, Franklin W. Draper, nor his private attorney, Stanley Cohen, immediately returned calls seeking comment Tuesday. Elbarasse was spotted Friday _ the same day the Chicago indictment was made public _ by two off-duty Baltimore County police officers on the Bay Bridge, a 6.9-kilometer (4.3-mile) span that links central Maryland with the eastern shore, authorities said. The officers noticed a man in an SUV who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent videotaping the bridge, authorities said
