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.
Raptor's history
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For the second time in franchise history, and the first since 2001… the Toronto Raptors have won a playoff series.
Now off to get swept by Miami… GO RAPS! #North Side
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They will win one game, probably game 4 then fold.
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They will win it all just to spite Imperious Leader.
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They will lose it even if their are no Canadian teams playing playoff hockey, which is why nobody living in Canada posted in that Hockey playoff thread this year. Raptors were swept last year and this year basically have the same team. Soon their will be no Canadian teams playing postseason Basketball, this thread will go magically quiet, and Raptor’s History will repeat as always…
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@Imperious:
They will lose it even if their are no Canadian teams playing playoff hockey, which is why nobody living in Canada posted in that Hockey playoff thread this year.
I have… and will continue to
@Imperious:
Raptors were swept last year and this year basically have the same team.
Actually there were many changes made since last year, particularly their bench roster which was one of the best in the league.
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Go Raptors Go!
Win the Super Series! or the World Bowl, or whatever those people basketball people call it.
(Maybe it’s the Supercup?)
Bah
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Actually i didn’t know that Toronto had home court, but i still stand by my prediction… 1 game, though not sure which one.
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How are those harsh words tasting now IL?
I heard you coughing on them from across the border…
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no matter Labron will destroy them.
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@Imperious:
no matter Labron will destroy them.
SALT
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I thought the Raptors would suffer from just-happy-to-be-here-itis but I’m impressed they made it this far. They’ll take a game or two when Cleveland’s threes don’t go down.
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I would love the Raps to beat the Cavs just to see Cleveland basketball fans pour gasoline on themselves before striking a match.
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They are doing great in game one. not :roll:
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@Imperious:
They are doing great in game one. not :roll:
It’s like watching a grown father dunk over his 6 year old son and do a celebration dance… I hope Curry and GS sweep them in the final.
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WTF IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/toronto-cleveland-game-three-1.3594783
The cavs were 8-0 in the playoffs at the start of the series, and we’re dancing circles around the raptors who looked like kids playing men!
and then BOOOM! WTF?!?
IL - What are we going to do!? Build a fire? Sing a couple of songs? Game over man!
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WTF IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/toronto-cleveland-game-three-1.3594783
The cavs were 8-0 in the playoffs at the start of the series, and we’re dancing circles around the raptors who looked like kids playing men!
and then BOOOM! WTF?!?
IL - What are we going to do!? Build a fire? Sing a couple of songs? Game over man!
I will echo that, but only if the Raps take a second game from them.
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The Raps will roll over in game 4, Lebron will insure that along with a real effort from Kevin Love
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@Imperious:
The Raps will roll over in game 4, Lebron will insure that along with a real effort from Kevin Love
The only ones rolling over are the refs, in 4 straight quarters of play… Raps have only been to the line twice. Either the refs have an agenda or the Cavs are playing soft in the paint.
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Kevin busted out again…
Also that Bismarck guy fouls everybody and Cavs get no calls.
But yes the refs are not granting alot of calls.
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@Imperious:
Kevin busted out again…
Also that Bismarck guy fouls everybody and Cavs get no calls.
But yes the refs are not granting alot of calls.
perhaps, but that was a block last night, and should go down as the greatest block on James ever even if the ref got the foul call wrong.
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