Supposed Terror Plot Against NY Synagogues Is Bogus

[dbackjon]

Turns out it is really the handiwork of a creepy FBI informant. The story strengthens the narrative that the "homeland" is under attack. It's not. Tools

By the now, it's maddeningly familiar. A scary terrorist plot is announced. Then it's revealed that the suspects are a hapless bunch of ne'er-do-wells or run-of-the-mill thugs without the slightest connection to any terrorists at all, never mind to Al Qaeda. Finally, the last piece of the puzzle: the entire plot is revealed to have been cooked up by a scummy government agent-provocateur.

I've seen this movie before.

In this case, the alleged perps -- Onta Williams, James Cromitie, David Williams, and Laguerre Payen -- were losers, ex-cons, drug addicts. Al Qaeda they're not. Without the assistance of the agent who entrapped them, they would never have dreamed of committing political violence, nor would they have had the slightest idea about where to acquire plastic explosives or a Stinger missile. That didn't stop prosecutors from acting as if they'd captured Osama bin Laden himself. Noted the Los Angeles Times:

Prosecutors called it the latest in a string of homegrown terrorism plots hatched after Sept. 11.
"It's hard to envision a more chilling plot," Assistant U.S. Atty. Eric Snyder said in court Thursday. He described all four suspects as "eager to bring death to Jews."

Actually, it's hard to imagine a stupider, less competent, and less important plot. The four losers were ensnared by a creepy FBI agent who hung around the mosque in upstate New York until he found what he was looking for. Here's the New York Times account:
http://www.alternet.org/world/140209/fb ... _is_bogus/

[Cleets Part 2]

This is not the type of press that politicians who have relationships with arms manufacturers enjoy...



We need a boogie man so bad they can hardly stand it..

[slycat]

The govt keeps finding new ways to make themselves a joke. So does this guy get busted now?

They continue to make shit up to scare people into following them.

[native]

Just because the perps belong on the "Dumbest Criminals" show doesn't mean they are innocent.

But it is a shame that we don't catch more "smart" criminals.

[JoltinJoe]

Do you have a link to a NY Times story? I haven't seen anything like this in the Times at all (I subscribe and read it every day), and the story linked is not from the NY Times.

[Wedgebuster]

Remember the big profile arrest of Richard Jewell, AKA the "Unidufus" bomber of the Atlanta oryimpic mall.


Goes with Cheney's claims of averting countless plots that under a lesser administration would have resulted in the agonizing deaths of millions of us Americans, millions, yes millions.

[native]

Remember the big profile arrest of Richard Jewell, AKA the "Unidufus" bomber of the Atlanta oryimpic mall.

Goes with Cheney's claims of averting countless plots that under a lesser administration would have resulted in the agonizing deaths of millions of us Americans, millions, yes millions.

Bait and switch BS. Unlike these anti-semitic idiots, Jewell was not guilty of anything.

[CID1990]

I learned a long time ago to wait and see what kind of evidence turns up and what comes out in court before spouting off about high profile criminal cases.

That being said... two years ago this would have been a "Bush's FBI cooks up terror plot" thread.

[JMU DJ]

I learned a long time ago to wait and see what kind of evidence turns up and what comes out in court before spouting off about high profile criminal cases.

Exactly, that's why I asked earlier if there was a motive in another thread... all it said was one of these guys had family in Afghanistan... seemed kind of flimsy at the time and I was waiting for some more news on this... looks like I got the motive I was looking for.

[houndawg]

I learned a long time ago to wait and see what kind of evidence turns up and what comes out in court before spouting off about high profile criminal cases.

Exactly, that's why I asked earlier if there was a motive in another thread... all it said was one of these guys had family in Afghanistan... seemed kind of flimsy at the time and I was waiting for some more news on this... looks like I got the motive I was looking for.

Maybe he was another of those Al-Qaeda second-in-commands.