"Prosecutors also say the three communicated by computer with an individual in the Middle East, passing information about potential attacks and terrorist training materials back and forth, as well as communication about potential weapons and targets."
That Prez and his 'illegal wiretapping' picking on innocent American citizens again/s
Wonder when the ACLU steps in???
I'm guessing that communications stopped or were severly curtailed after the NYT revealed the NSA program. There being no more useful intelligence to obtain from this bunch as a result, the government went ahead with the arrests.