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Man arrested in plot to blow up Federal Reserve bank in New York

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DanteFox

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/1...p-federal-reserve-bank-in-new-york/?hpt=hp_t1

[Posted at 3: 40 p.m. ET] A man has been arrested for planning to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, according to a federal law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation.

The man was arrested as part of a string operation conducted by the FBI and NYPD as part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, a federal law enforcement source said.

"Attempting to destroy a landmark building and kill or maim untold numbers of innocent bystanders is about as serious as the imagination can conjure. The defendant faces appropriately severe consequences," FBI Acting Assistant Director Mary Galligan said in a statement. "It is important to emphasize that the public was never at risk in this case, because two of the defendant’s ‘accomplices’ were actually an FBI source and an FBI undercover agent. The FBI continues to place the highest priority on preventing acts of terrorism."
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derder

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Everyone time someone complains about TSA screeners, I think of stories like these.

Let the crazies craze, i don't give a shit.
 
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Guevara

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When the pair arrived at the warehouse, Nafis began putting together what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb inside the van. Then they drove together to the target: The New York Federal Reserve Bank. As they drove, he armed the purported by putting together the detonator and the explosives, the criminal complaint says.

The van was then parked next to the bank. The pair went to a nearby hotel, where Nafis apparently recorded a video statement meant to be shown to the American public in connection with the attack.

"We will not stop until we attain victory or martyrdom," he said, according to the criminal complaint.

He then tried, several times unsuccessfully, to detonate the device, which was actually inert explosives.

Nafis was then arrested.
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That awkward moment when you realize your bomb is fake.
 
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Rapstah

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Guevara said:
That awkward moment when you realize your bomb is fake.
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It's got to strike you right out of the blue. You're going to have come to terms with going to die, finally accepting dying for your cause, and then you don't die and it was all fake from the start.
 
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NotTheGuyYouKill

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Straight to the withdrawal, no?
 
Evolved1

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make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
"string operation"? wha? that person cannot write.
 
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Link Man

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Sounds like someone's watched a little too much
Fight Club
.*

*Spoiled in case someone hasn't seen the movie.
 
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Arcteryx

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Menelaus said:
Entrapment.

Hilarious, yes, but entrapment.
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Nafis asked the undercover agent for 50-pound bags of what he thought were explosives, and then worked on putting together an explosive device, according to prosecutors.

"Nafis purchased components for the bomb’s detonator and conducted surveillance for his attack on multiple occasions in New York City’s financial district in lower Manhattan," a Justice Department press release describing the criminal complaint said. “Throughout his interactions with the undercover agent, Nafis repeatedly asserted that the plan was his own and was the reason he had come to the United States."
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no
 
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TAJ

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Link Man said:
Are there that many movies that deal with blowing up a source of money?
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The one that was mentioned.... Goldfinger, Goldeneye. (sorta)
 
The Faceless Master

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another one of those useless sting operations where they find some clueless nobody, supply them with a complete plan and all of the equipment they need and walk them thru the motions of carrying out a plot?

i don't feel any safer.
 
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KHarvey16

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The Faceless Master said:
another one of those useless sting operations where they find some clueless nobody, supply them with a complete plan and all of the equipment they need and walk them thru the motions of carrying out a plot?

i don't feel any safer.
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You asked a question. Did you do that because you didn't think you knew the answer? If not, why do you think you know the answer?
 
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Kinitari

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Menelaus said:
Entrapment.

Hilarious, yes, but entrapment.
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Did they try to egg him on/convince him to do it? If so, then yeah. If they 'went along' with his plans, that's different.

Entrapment example:

Federal organization puts up some ad asking if people are willing to do anything for money, find someone who responds who seems super desperate and maybe angry at the country/world/whatever, and offer that person money/help/luxuries if he does X. Bonus entrapment points if he gets shifty, starts wanting out, and they egg him on - offer him more money/pay his mom's hospital bills, convince him that he won't get caught etc.

Not entrapment example:

Some dude tries to put together a bomb, feds catch wiff of it and decide to 'go along' with whatever he is doing by having a plant offer him whatever supplies he needs, until they fully realize what his plans are.
 
spandexmonkey

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Kinitari said:
Some dude tries to put together a bomb, feds catch wiff of it and decide to 'go along' with whatever he is doing by having a plant offer him whatever supplies he needs, until they fully realize what his plans are.
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He even explained to them his Plan B in case this one didn't work.
 
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GashPrex

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entrapment is making somebody do something they would never have done in the first place - giving somebody fake bombs does not qualify.
 
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