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.
Peyton Manning's New NFL Team
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Add Titans to the list… Man, I just wish he could get into a team with good receivers. My fantasy team would be complete.
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LOL @ The Dolphins…
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My Texans could use Payton for a couple of seasons, and help win it all while Arian Foster is still young.
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I belive he will go to Denver. Manning has respect for John Elway, more than the bunch of business suits that run Miami. Denver has cap space to sign Dallas Clark, and if needed, more ‘Manning guys.’
I think he will give Tennessee the respectful visit out of his love for the state and it’s history.
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@Young:
My Texans could use Payton for a couple of seasons, and help win it all while Arian Foster is still young.
You giving up on Matt Schaub? It’s my thoughts that if he wasn’t injuried, Houston wins their first Championship last season.
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@ABWorsham:
@Young:
My Texans could use Payton for a couple of seasons, and help win it all while Arian Foster is still young.
You giving up on Matt Schaub? It’s my thoughts that if he wasn’t injuried, Houston wins their first Championship last season.
Not giving up on him, just want him to spend some time as second string until he is 100%.
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Hear Titans are offering Manning a contract for life.
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@ABWorsham:
Hear Titans are offering Manning a contract for life.
Their’s or his?
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his
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Denver wants to see him throw before they make an offer, oh the audacity!
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Manning goes to Denver.
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Thankyou. No more Tiebow!!!
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@SS:
Thankyou. No more Tiebow!!!
Look for Tebow to go to Jacksonville, they need to sell tickets and are located in Florida Gator territory. It’s a no brainer for the team.
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@ABWorsham:
@SS:
Thankyou. No more Tiebow!!!
Look for Tebow to go to Jacksonville, they need to sell tickets and are located in Florida Gator territory. It’s a no brainer for the team.
I know, I think it’s moronic that he’s going to the Jets. Jacksonville would have a franchise under Tim Tebow. Him and MJD… Quite a ground game. Granted, Jacksonville would need to pick up some nice WR free agents.
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Pity Denver
Not every good QB becomes Brett Favre or Kurt Warner, who can keep playing past 40.
The hits taken by any NFL player can rapidly age even the best.
Neck injury , out for a whole season.
Sure, Tebow was young, and appears stoutly built, but I would not even have offered him 5 yrs.
I would have only offered the neck injured Manning 5 games to start. Losing a sturdy backup is a huge gamble for the Denver franchise.Orton got Denver to 7-1 the year before Tebow, but I guess stability is just not good enough for the mile high fans.
Cutler left and did OK for the Bears. Maybe the Bears could have kept Orton and went 7-1 that year.
Pity Chicago
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Trent green case in point. One hard hit and you are done!
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Here is what Hitler thinks about Tim Tebow.
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@ABWorsham:
Here is what Hitler thinks about Tim Tebow.
That was pretty good. The only thing I did not like is were they assume Tebow could throw 300+ against the Texans. In my book no way!
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He must have not the same Texan defense we did this year.
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Hitler supports the Steelers! I know it… :-D
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