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.
Presidential Election (as a current event- watch the tone or it's gone)
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Previous post is off topic for this thread.
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Not in regards to politicians attempting to convince the people of a recession that is not here in order to get them to elect them out of fear that they will lose everything they own in a second great depression if they do not, Switch.
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Recession or no, the dollar is only getting weaker Jen. I’m no economics expert, but the economy going under starts with the currency losing its value no? Perhaps there is some truth in the politicians claims Jen, you have to be open minded. :wink:
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But a weaker dollar is not, necessarily, a bad thing. It makes are debt worth less, which means it’s easier to pay off and it allows us to export our products at a cheaper rate meaning more revenue generated from exports to offset our import deficit.
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Washington has shown no interest whatsoever in paying off the debts we owe, or in the collecting the ones owed to us.
And correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t importing cheap and exporting high the goal? For this we want a stronger dollar.
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@M36:
Washington has shown no interest whatsoever in paying off the debts we owe, or in the collecting the ones owed to us.
And correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t importing cheap and exporting high the goal? For this we want a stronger dollar.
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No US Government since Andrew Jackson has been worried about paying off the debts we owe, or in the collecting the ones owed to us.
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No, actually the reverse is true. We want people to buy our products cheaper then their own domestic products so we sell more products. Likewise, we want our products to be cheaper then foreign competition to keep our own money domestic instead of shipping billions over seas to support the economies of other nations at the expense of our own nation.
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doing McCain victory dance :mrgreen:
well, i hope it would be a McCain-Huckabee ticket, or McCain-Petraus, or just McCain somebody.
and a question is, would either obama or hillary have the moxy to swallow ego and accept a vice presidential candidcy. i really dont think so. man are they hammering each other after their so called truce
and many of their proponents are saying they should get the job b/c this nation needs a black/woman president. what happened to being best qualified for the job? eh, maybe bush wasnt best qualified either……
and with the economy, it looks a little painful. like someones repeatedly kicking america’s jimmy. but i think our economy is just too damn big to really go into a deep recession…oil is already down to $90 a barrel again. when it gets lower and lower, our economy will go back up…man it sucks to be truly addicted to oil and people who dont like us supply us with it.
and McCain says he will give companies tax cuts but only if there is spending cuts to go with it. Go McCain, shrink this government, it wastes money on worthless grants all over the place. and cut some bloated bueracracy jobs. and thank God everyone at least knows McCain is the only candidate serious about stopping pork barrel spending that is so wasteful. thats a big reason why other politicians loathe the man. he’ll cut off their bread and butter.
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Solving the oil crisis is easy. Allow American Companies to Drill Oil in America. Price of Oil will drop to $40/barrel over a summer.
I think Hillary would do anything, even let her husband sleep with other women, to get into the White House, as VP or Pres, but preferably pres.
As for McCain, if he’s the Republican, there’s no way the Republicans will get the White House this year. Too many Republicans would rather stay home and let Hillary or Barrack have the White House to prevent McCain from getting it and further slandering the title Conservative.
I’m not one. I’ll go VOTE for Hillary of Barrack! I don’t want McCain anywhere NEAR the White House. He pretends to wear red, but everything he does is blue through and through.
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I hope if MLXBW gets the nomination she does not have billy in her cabinet. Her candidacy could not be some ploy to get bill in as VP…could it? I think he can only serve 4 years as VP under the (12 years maximum rule)
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so……MLXBW… :?
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Please enlighten me as to this new title for Hillary. :?
As a side not to Jen, the most important issue facing the country right now is obviously the battle against terrorism. Who was it that pushed for the strategy General Petraeus has instituted? I believe John McCain said more personnel where needed all along. Some of the guys at my FOB have been here since before the surge began, and they all say the same thing: We weren’t as busy before because we didn’t have the manpower to execute all the missions and patrolling. So to a civilians eyes, it is John McCain who was right about the battle in Iraq. Thats a sure ticket into the white house.
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the problem is he has been wrong (by conservative standards) on far more things. the economy is starting to strugle, tax cuts have proven to be a help to the economy but he has voted against tax cuts, not because they help the rich but because he thinks they don’t help the economy grow. granted more troops on the ground was a good call, but it is also the view of most conservatives for a long time, sence before i ever heard any talk in Washington of a surge. the problem in Iraq with the way it has been fought has been IMHO that it was too political and GWB played both sides and got nothing done. now McCain who is known for playing both sides is running. i’m sorry but the big problem with the current pres is that he did exactly what McCain is known for. the only thing McCain has up on Bush is that he has a stronger stance on how to fight the war, but he also is un willing to even intertain the idea of tough interigation messerues for the enamy. i know he was tourchoured, but i’m not talking tourchour. McCain understands the need for a strong millitary but i don’t think he is the man for the rest of the job and that includes the war on Terror (but good on the theater in Iraq). for that i think he would make a good adivsor or VP at most, but not the leader of our nation.
on a side note: M36, don’t know your deployment length, but hope you and your brothers come home safe. what unit are you? if you don’t mind me asking, and also where you stationed out of? pm if you don’t want it public, i was in Camp Lajune NC just a few years back.
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Monica Lewinsky’s Ex Boyfriends wife= MLXBFW
When i type Celery Clinton i have acute chest pains.
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Well Fred is out. So my new endorsement order, from best qualified in my opinion, to worst qualified is:
Fred Thompson<===No Longer Running, guess he got smart and politics is no place for smart men!
Mitt Romney
Mike Huckabee
Ron Paul
John Edwards <===Yea, he’s a democrat, but at least he’s made his own wealth.
Adolf Hitler<===Deceased
Joseph Stalin<===Deceased
Hillary Clinton <===Because when she drives our country into 3rd world status, we can blame both the baby boomers and the democrats
Barrak Obama <===Because when he drives our coutnry into 3rd world status, we can blame the democrats
John McCain <===Because he’s identical to Hillary, except he’s a man and when he drives our country into 3rd world status, we have no one to blame but Rich, White Republicans and that will bar real conservatives from the White House for at least another decade. -
micky mouse should be above the abulance chaser.
wish Fred would indorse Romney, then if he pushed to be his VP then i think people may get past there religous miss givings about him. just maby. -
OK, I’m a little clueless. Who is Micky Mouse?
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should be Mickey Mouse (opps), the rat that Walt Disney made.
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Oh, I thought you were comparing it to a candidate… :wink:
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Governor Rod Blagoevich (Blab and B*tch as I call him) is Mickey Mouse, he even looks the part…that or a ferret.
Anyway, if Fred does endorse someone, I also hope it’s Mitt. Mitt’s the most conservative guy running right now, and I actually still expect him to win on Super Tuesday.
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But McCain is the front runner according to the news with his 35ish delagates, well Mitt dosn’t stand a chance at winning the nomintation with his 75ish delagates. :roll:
i do have my doupts that Mitt will win supper tuesday, but not because he isn’t the best guy for the job, but because there are so many anti LDS out there (i’m no fan of the religion my self but i understand that it’s not an issue) and the media keeps pushing this non issue that it will hurt him.
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