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.
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I tempt you with that one because I was still young and cute. :)
Young you may not be anymore, but what about cute eh? 8-)
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You should not tempt us so :-P
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And I cannot believe she plays Axis and Allies too =P Too alluring :wink:
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Dunno if I’m “cute” anymore. I’m working on a new website, will have new pictures. Ya’all can tell me then.
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MILF comments in 5…4…3…2…
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cute! i would say damn hot myself, and please keep the avator……unless you have a better one for us
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How about that picture of yours Jermofoot? Is that your baby or just some funny avatar you found? =p
Can’t wait to see your website Jennifer o_O Ashamed to admit it but that avatar of yours is very intriguing ^^
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It’s just a swimsuit…not even a revealing one! Sheesh.
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I will say what I often say amongst men whose hobbies rarely include women, “Act like you’ve seen a pretty girl before.”
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pretty girls ive seen before, pretty girls that play a and a i havent
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I will say what I often say amongst men whose hobbies rarely include women, “Act like you’ve seen a pretty girl before.”
and not just a picture of a pretty girl either . . . .
Good heavens guys - this is the internet. 300 lb 50 y/o man with a beard behind the picture no doubt . . . .
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I have to admit my “sisters” don’t know what they’re missing. Shopping spends money….gaming doesn’t and both are good activities in inclimate weather…
Besides, I’m not all that good of a player. :) Just ask anyone who’s played me!
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Still, tc makes a good point: Regardless of how good they are, pretty girls who play A&A are one in 500 million.
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I have to admit my “sisters” don’t know what they’re missing. Shopping spends money….gaming doesn’t and both are good activities in inclimate weather…
As to spending money I guess you haven’t seen my bills from my days playing CCGs and if the Star Trek CCG ever gets its new sets out…
The inclimate weather thing though. I love a rainy saturday, I don’t feel like I’m “missing” something by not being outside.
Regardless of the number of pretty girls you have :-o or haven’t seen :cry: and what they do or not do always "act like you’ve seen a pretty girl before." :wink: 8-)
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Well what does “acting” like you’ve seen a pretty girl before mean? That you outwardly ignore the fact that they are pretty? :roll:
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I think he was commenting on the virtual St. Bernard drool that was apparent in the earlier posts (don;t know why, the girl in that pic needs to eat a sandwich)
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You and your plumper girls, Switch :evil:
So maybe I should initially have said something like “not bad, but I’ve seen better” in order to pretend that I’ve seen a pretty girl before? :-P
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Well losing the virtual drool is a start. Your first reaction if she were plain would not to be to tell her she was plain would it? Why should your first reaction if she is pretty be to tell her she is pretty? If she thinks she is pretty she doesn’t need you to tell her. If she doesn’t think she is pretty she will think you are just trying to get up her skirts.
So maybe I should initially have said something like “not bad, but I’ve seen better” in order to pretend that I’ve seen a pretty girl before? :-P
Acting like you’ve seen a pretty girl is to not say anything. It is to not fall all over yourself trying to get her attention. She may think it is cute but more likely she won’t.
But then I could be wrong. Avoiding the certain paths to defeat as opposed to the uncertain paths to victory is the way I usually lean.
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Very nice rack!! And I love your style too. Not only do you play well, your smak is excellent also.
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Just some clarification. I think you might be a bit confused. Women, and girls, do like to receive compliments, even in today’s liberated environment. Just try to keep the drool in your mouths. We arn’t meat at the butcher shoppe.
And MD, whatcha mean “smak”?
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