How did they get caught? Someone turn them in? I don’t see how any surveillance or routine techniques would have tipped the FBI with just two men involved. They would have flown under the radar easily. Something here is amiss.
How did they get caught? Someone turn them in? I don’t see how any surveillance or routine techniques would have tipped the FBI with just two men involved. They would have flown under the radar easily. Something here is amiss.
Probably how the FBI does all this sorta thing, they start supplying the perp with non functional components...
Feds unravel plot to build, sell x-ray weapon in Upstate New York - RT.com
The agent's affidavit indicates that Crawford then telephoned another Jewish organization in Albany and made a similar offer. Luckily, Crawford's visit to the synagogue raised eyebrows, and an unidentified individual later contacted police.Rabbi Matthew Cutler of the Congregation Gates of Heaven in Schenectady told the Times Union that a "strange man" came to their synagogue in April of 2012, and discussed a mysterious device he was developing that would protect the Jewish people.
"They had a hard time getting rid of him," Cutler said. "He had this device, this plan on what to do." ...
Once members of the synagogue had contacted law enforcement, the Joint Terrorism Task Force began an investigation into the odd occurrences, and an undercover FBI agent made contact as a potential supplier of radiation equipment, such as x-ray tubes, and emailed him with information on different x-ray systems.
Really weird story. The charge, according to the FBI Press Release, is Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists. I think that makes the synagogue and the KKK into terrorist organizatons. The indictment is sealed.
The salesman at Radio Shack?