Reporter steve and allison, a spokesperson forson r the metropolitan washingtonashi Airports Authority told us u that yusuf is ali went throughtg the federally mandated processds in order to get an airport airpo access badge and that includes u a full criminal history check by the fbi, a Security Threat assessment by the t. S. A. Andthe having been licensed by they commonwealth of virginia. A. Even so, it was pretty easy too find his checkered past that apparently allegations ofio o crimes and torture just byus doing a simple internetnt search. Now, the canadian broadcastingrt company documented the allegations against colonelst Yusuf Abdi Ali in a 199299 report. Ali also known as colonel 2k was living in toronto at the time of the broadcast. O many somalis told personalold rl accounts of executions and torture at alis hand. Cbc says he was dep the united states. S now living in alexandria, virginia ali is being sued for crimes against humanity by they center for justice and accountabi