New York ‘lone wolf’ was one hour away from finishing his bomb
She also praised the New York Police Department, saying, “I think they handled it well.”
Officials with the NYPD, which conducted the undercover investigation using a confidential informant and a bugged apartment, said the department had to move quickly because Pimentel was about to test a pipe bomb made out of match heads, nails and other ingredients bought at neighborhood hardware and discount stores.
Two law enforcement officials said Monday that the NYPD’s Intelligence Division had sought to get the FBI involved at least twice as the investigation unfolded. Both times, the FBI concluded that Pimentel lacked the mental capacity to act on his own, they said.
The FBI thought Pimentel “didn’t have the predisposition or the ability to do anything on his own,” one of the officials said.
The officials were not authorized to speak about the case and spoke on condition of anonymity. The FBI’s New York office and the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan both declined to comment on Monday.
Pimentel’s lawyer, Joseph Zablocki, said his client was never a true threat.
“If the goal here is to be stopping terror … I’m not sure that this is where we should be spending our resources,” he said.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly defended the handling of the case Monday, saying the NYPD kept federal authorities in the loop “all along” before circumstances forced investigators to take swift measures using state charges.
“No question in my mind that we had to take this case down,” Kelly said. “There was an imminent threat.”
Added Kelly: “This is a classic case of what we’ve been talking about �� the lone wolf, an individual, self-radicalized. This is the needle in the haystack problem we face as a country and as a city.”
Authorities described Pimentel as an unemployed U.S. citizen and “al-Qaida sympathizer” who was born in the Dominican Republic. He had lived most of his life in Manhattan, aside from about five years in the upstate city of Schenectady, where authorities say he had an arrested for credit card fraud.
His mother said he was raised Roman Catholic. But he converted to Islam in 2004 and went by the name Muhammad Yusuf, authorities said.
Using a tip from police in Albany, the NYPD had been watching Pimentel using a confidential informant for the past year. Investigators learned that he was energized and motivated to carry out his plan by the Sept. 30 killing of al-Qaida’s U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, police said.
Pimentel was under constant surveillance as he shopped for the pipe bombmaterials. He also was overheard talking about attacking police patrol cars and postal facilities, killing soldiers returning home from abroad andbombing a police station in Bayonne, N.J., authorizes said.
Bush's new "Snoop" Executive act
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Screw Powell 04 i say GO Ewok 2030 Vote for me ;)
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also i like how Bush is becoming More Dictatorish everyday :) it just goes to show u how Democracy is Failing and that it is an Inferior idea :) :evil:
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dude, in 2008 you won’t be old enough to run for President.
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can u read mate? it says 2030 ;)
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“Democracy is Failing and that it is an Inferior idea”
Then what do you think will replace it?
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a Charasmatic Leader who will bring the Human Race were it hasnt bin before!
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We already have a charismatic ruler (well, some might not call our current president very charismatic), El Presidente
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“Fidel, no running around the pool!” Stewy Family guy.
haha old Castro although i despise his beleif and yours. no offense i do beleive he is very Charasmatic and is a good leader.
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You? Charismatic? You talk to stuffed dogs.
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Let me quote Bush’s speach today. “Congress needs to give up terf. Homeland secruity should be handled by the Executive Branch”.
In other words, he’s calling for complete control of the military. cough dictator*
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also i like how Bush is becoming More Dictatorish everyday it just goes to show u how Democracy is Failing and that it is an Inferior idea
The problem with democracy is that a lot of people are lacking the basic knowloedge to make a good political choice. Democracy is the dictatorship of ignorance some way, it is very emotional. How many people vote for Bush, THE PERSON, without thinking about the idea behind the vote, people want more money in their pocket, to complain after social program lack financement. Also get a bullet in the shoulder of the president, his popularity will rise… Another BIG problem is the fact the governement are often making decision not because it is right, but to be reelected; that is just stupid.
It is an argument for dictatorship… not really, one person is even more instable, more emotional, then not worthy of the power. Hitler made several very stupid thing, because he had emotional, personnal problem, et cetera… One man cannot rule a country.
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It is an argument for dictatorship… not really, one person is even more instable, more emotional, then not worthy of the power. Hitler made several very stupid thing, because he had emotional, personnal problem, et cetera… One man cannot rule a country.
he can if he’s me :)
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I like to see that, Sir Cystic Crypt :D
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Another BIG problem is the fact the governement are often making decision not because it is right, but to be reelected; that is just stupid.
I completely agree with you there, with a few notable exceptions…number one being the dropping of the atomic bombs. Not a very popular move by the president, but it had to be done. (Most people who disagree with the dropping don’t realize how lucky they really were, becuase an invasion of japan would’ve cost millions of american lives.)
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American lifes are not more or less valuable than Japanese lifes.
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That is correct. Human life cannot be weighed because you come from a different country of origin. I think what Sir Izcoder was trying to point out is that in war, you care less about the causalities the enemy takes and more on how many causalities your own men will take.
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@TM:
That is correct. Human life cannot be weighed because you come from a different country of origin. I think what Sir Izcoder was trying to point out is that in war, you care less about the causalities the enemy takes and more on how many causalities your own men will take.
too true. If i am a citizen of a country at war with another one, i will feel bad about their civilian casualties, but rather their civilians than our military or civilians become casualties. And if they lose a few civilians to end the war preventing more of my countrymen (and countrywomen’s) lives, well, although my gut feels squeamish, my head says que sera sera.
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So, according to you, its alright if we kill other innocents as long as it keeps our soldiers from gettng killed.
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Name one situation we would have the need to kill “innocents” to protect our soldiers from getting killed.
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Hiroshima
Nagasaki (sp)
Vietnam
Gulf War
Yugoslavia (1990s)
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