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Bomb suspect worked as unarmed security guard

The man suspected of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey used to work as an unarmed guard at private security companies, including one that provided services to The Associated Press.

The AP's chief of global security, Danny Spriggs, said Rahami often engaged colleagues in long political discussions, expressing sympathy for the Taliban and disdain for US military action in Afghanistan.

AP spokesman Paul Colford said the news cooperative told law enforcement officials about Rahami's work in Cranbury.

A New Jersey congressman briefed by the FBI says the man arrested in the New York-area bombing case needed several surgeries for gunshot wounds to his leg, forearm and shoulder and that it's unclear when he'll be out of a hospital.

Two U.S. officials say a notebook with extremist ramblings was found when the man suspected of placing bombs in New York City and New Jersey was taken into custody.

On the brief form, she indicated that she was requesting full custody because the "defendant has been charged with police attempted murder and is currently under protective services after possible terrorist related activity in NYC."

Two New Jersey police officers wounded in a shootout with the man suspected of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey have been released from the hospital.

A law enforcement official says the father of the man suspected in bombings in New York City and New Jersey had contacted the FBI following a 2014 stabbing to express concerns that his son was a terrorist.