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4 Men Accused of Plot to Blow Up Kennedy Airport Terminals and Fuel Lines
Summary with new information since yesterday, from articles in English
During the surveillance and, officials said, using his prior knowledge of the airport, Mr Defreitas identified targets and escape routes and assessed airport security . (article 7)
The plot as painted by law enforcement officials was cataclysmic: A home-grown Islamic terrorist had in mind detonating fuel storage tanks and pipelines and setting fire to Kennedy International Airport, not to mention a substantial swath of Queens . (article 10)
(Ms. Mauskopf noted in her news release that the "public was never at risk" and told reporters that law enforcement " had stopped this plot long before it ever had a chance to be carried out . (article 10)
Some law enforcement officials and engineers also dismissed the notion that the planned attack could have resulted in a catastrophic chain reaction; system safeguards, they said, would have stopped explosions from spreading . (article 10)
The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, also suggests that at least two of the suspects had some ambivalence . (article 10)
An enduring lesson that the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have taught prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the danger of inaction . (article 10)
In case after case, from what authorities said was a dirty bomber to the Lackawanna Six, federal prosecutors hail arrests of terrorists and disruptions of what they describe as sinister plots . (article 10)
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Trinidad, Defreitas, plot, Guyana, Airport |
Source articles
- Informant Plays Key Role in JFK Plot (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 732 words)
- ABC News: Informant Took on Homegrown Terror (ABCNews, 06/03/2007, 246 words)
- 4 Men Accused of Plot to Blow Up Kennedy Airport Terminals and Fuel Lines (nytimes.com, 06/03/2007, 792 words)
- Arrests made in alleged plot against JFK airport (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 715 words)
- Hunt on for NY airport 'bomb man' (BBC News, 06/03/2007, 705 words)
- Alleged plot: A potential threat seen in America's backyard (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 1082 words)
- 'JFK plot' said to highlight shift in threat (ft.com, 06/04/2007, 442 words)
- ABC News: U.S. on Trail of 4th Alleged JFK Plotter (ABCNews, 06/03/2007, 385 words)
- 4 Men Charged in Plot to Bomb Kennedy Airport (nytimes.com, 06/02/2007, 459 words)
- Papers Portray Plot as More Talk Than Action (nytimes.com, 06/04/2007, 1625 words)
- Op-Ed Articles (NY Post, 06/03/2007, 426 words)
- Trinidad Islamic Group Under Scrutiny (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 898 words)
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