Tag: informants
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alleged 3/11 mastermind acquitted
from ap: Three lead defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty of mass murder and other charges Wednesday but four other top suspects were convicted on lesser charges and an accused ringleader was completely acquitted… Much of the evidence against the men was circumstantial. Bouchar, for instance, had been seen on one…
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homegrown terrorists or dupes?
from sun-sentinel: The charges were stunning: Seven men accused of trying to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up the FBI headquarters in Miami Beach and the Sears Tower in Chicago. On closer examination, however, the accusations fizzled. Even government officials described the groups’ plans as “more aspirational than operational.” Now, more than a year…
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news on the march
no evidence of enemy fire in tillman deathfrom ap: Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press… No…
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jfk airport plot has all the hallmarks of staged terror
from paul joseph watson: An alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks, terminal buildings and fuel lines running beneath Kennedy International Airport has all the hallmarks of being another staged terror alert, having never advanced beyond a rudimentary planning stage while being prodded and provocateured by a paid government informant. In every single major terror…
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another phony terror bust
from raw story: Authorities have arrested three suspects and are in pursuit of a fourth in connection to a plot to blow up a fuel line running through New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. “The plot, which never got past the planning stages, did not involve airplanes or passenger terminals, according to the…
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sears tower ‘plotters’ just ‘wannabes’
from raw story: In a BBC news broadcast today, Miami Herald reporter Mani Garcia remarks that the government’s arrest of seven men in connection with a ‘plot’ to blow up the Sears Tower is probably overblown. “They’ve been described to us by sources as ‘wannabes’ — still to be determined if making a connection about…