Feds say they disrupted suicide bomb plot by worker at Wichita airport

That is creepy! Why we have let the enemy come into our country is beyond me.

Well, that’s our government. They can’t even do what government is supposed to do - protect people from criminals and foreign invaders. So what are we getting for all the money we hand over to these clowns?

NOTE The following text is a quote:

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/December/13-nsd-1315.html

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, December 13, 2013
Kansas Man Charged in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Airport

A man has been charged in federal court with attempting to explode a car bomb at Wichita Mid Continent Airport, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced today. The defendant was arrested as part of an FBI undercover investigation, and the device used by the defendant was, in fact, inert and at no time posed a danger to the public.

Terry Lee Loewen, 58, of Wichita, Kan., is charged in a criminal complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Wichita with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, one count of attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and one count of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

“There was no breach of Mid-Continent’s Airport’s security,” said U.S. Attorney Grissom. “At no time was the safety of travelers or members of the public placed in jeopardy.”

Loewen, who works as an avionics technician, is alleged to have spent months developing a plan that involved using his access card to airport grounds to drive a van loaded with explosives to the terminal. He planned to pull the trigger on the explosives himself and die in the explosion.

Agents arrested Loewen about 5:40 a.m. Friday after he attempted to enter the airport tarmac and deliver a vehicle loaded with what he believed were high explosives. Members of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) took him into custody without incident.

Loewen has been under investigation by the Wichita Joint Terrorism Task Force since early summer 2013. It is alleged that, prior to his attempted attack, he made statements that he was resolved to commit an act of violent jihad against the United States. Over a period of months, he took a series of actions to advance the plot. According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, Loewen:

• studied the layout of the airport and took photographs of access points;
• researched flight schedules;
• assisted in acquiring components for the car bomb;
• and talked about his commitment to trigger the device and martyr himself.

On Friday, Loewen went to Mid-Continent Airport to detonate the car bomb. He was taken into custody when he attempted to open a security access gate. FBI Evidence Response Teams are executing search warrants related to the case. Although the investigation is ongoing, no additional arrests are anticipated.

“Lone wolves - home grown violent extremists remain a very serious threat to our nation’s security, said FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Kaste. “Today’s arrest emphasizes the continual need for the public to remain vigilant as law enforcement relies on the public’s assistance.”

If convicted, Loewen would face a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.

The investigation was conducted by the Wichita FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes members from the FBI, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and Kansas Highway Patrol. Assisting with the investigation were the FBI Kansas City Division, the Transportation Security Administration, the Wichita Airport Authority, and the Wichita Police Department.

The case is being handled by prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The charges merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.

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National Security Division

http://www.investigativeproject.org/4238/alleged-kansas-bomber-wanted-to-be-obedient-slave

For The Record - The IPT Blog

“Alleged Kansas Bomber Wanted to Be ‘Obedient Slave of Allah’”

Dec 13, 2013 at 5:00 pm

SNIPPET: “An FBI sting has led to the arrest of a Wichita, Kan. man who thought he was about to die in a suicide car bombing that targeted a terminal at the city’s Mid-Continent Airport.

Terry Lee Loewen, 58, worked at the airport as an avionics technician. This gave him access to airport grounds. He was arrested before dawn Friday after he tried to open a security gate and get on the tarmac, the Kansas City Star reports.

According to a three-count complaint, Loewen discussed his view of faith as a Muslim. That included expressing “his desire to engage in violent jihad on behalf of al Qaeda” during an online conversation with someone whom, unbeknownst to him, was an FBI employee.”

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/12/kansas_bomb_plot_sus.php

“Kansas bomb plot suspect says bin Laden and Awlaki are inspirations”

By DAVID BARNETT
December 13, 2013

SNIPPET: “According to the criminal complaint, Loewen expressed a desire to an undercover FBI employee “to engage in violent jihad on behalf of al Qaeda.” “I don’t understand how you can read the Qur’an and the sunnah of the Prophet (saw) and not understand that jihad and the implementation of Sharia is absolutely demanded of all the Muslim Ummah,” Loewen said in one communication.

In another communication with an undercover FBI employee, Loewen stated that “Brothers like Osama bin Laden and Anwar al Awlaki are a great inspiration to me.” According to Loewen, he read many of Awlaki’s writings and found them to be “very informative.” In addition to Awlaki’s writings and AQAP’s Inspire, Loewen possessed The Al Qaeda Manual (Manchester Manual) and expressed praise for the Revolution Muslim website.

In fact, in one communication Loewen said he thought about providing money to the family of Younus Abdullah Muhammad, one of the site’s founders who was sentenced to more than 11 years in prisons in June 2012. According to Loewen, Revolution Muslim was “the first website that really helped me understand what obedience to Allah(swt) was.””

Various links to the Criminal Complaint:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/191354805/Criminal-Complaint-Against-Terry-L-Loewen

http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/2281.pdf

http://www.kwch.com/blob/view/-/23474310/data/1/-/4d1962z/-/Complaint-Loewen.pdf

Time for posting a very rare opinion on FR:

How someone “looks” to you has absolutely nothing to do with whether a person is a terrorist or not.

When a person has a hateful agenda and is hell-bent on carrying it out in a terrorist act(s); that person is a terrorist.

If you’re interested in Mehanna — here’s an informative thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391905/posts

ADDING to post no. 65 re Younus Abdullah Muhammad:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2720766/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2487838/posts