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.
Promoted, this one COUNTS!
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Ahh, your in that tax bracket… Still not bad; I am finishing up HS and not working so I can’t complain…
GG
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Congrats, Switch! Does that mean you’re buying the beer tonight? :evil:
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@SSG:
Congrats, Switch! Does that mean you’re buying the beer tonight? :evil:
It means that he’s buying the beer (and hookers & blow) EVERY night! :evil:
Good Job, Switch!
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Nicely done NC. I know the feeling (my income just tripled from June to July). It’s kind of nice. The problem is controlling the spending.
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@SSG:
Congrats, Switch! Does that mean you’re buying the beer tonight? :evil:
It means that he’s buying the beer (and hookers & blow) EVERY night! :evil:
Good Job, Switch!
Jermo, what would Angel have to say about this!?
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As long as I buy her one too, she’d be happy :-)
As for the spending increases…
We had JUST reached the point where we were spending our disposable income (mostly due to us buying more and better wines :-P) But we both are kicking back hefty sums before we even see our checks, so that helps a lot. Also, like most folks, our biggest expense is our home. Which has already appreciated since we bought it last year. So even though that is a lot of money going out, it is not “lost”, just changing form one asset column to another (less interest).
I signed the offfer letter today, and the “offical” announcement is made Monday.
The one aspect that will impact me on the boards, I have about 2 weeks of training to do over th next couple of months in Texas, so for a couple of weeks, I’ll be off the boards. I’ll of course update folks when that gets scheduled.
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Congrats :-D
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Thank you all.
I just finished my last day doing my previous job. So for the past week new pay old job.
Now I have a week of vacation coming up (at the new pay rate :-D ) and then hot and heavy as I gear up and take over my territory, start meeting my customers and potential customers, etc.
Also, at least 1 week in the not too distant future I will be off-line to attend some additional training in Texas. Probably mid-November.
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Yippie!
Found out that I am NOT going to have to attend the 2 weeks of training in Texas (Actually, I was going to be slated for California the first 2 weeks of December!).
The new Market Sales Manager (the guy who had been my boss for the past 3 years until his promotion 3 months ago, and is now my boss again), vetoed wasting the money to send me to the training classes. He said point blank… “this guy has been around for 7 years. He knows more about the company than most people, and he knows more about our products than probably anyone else.” That went up the food chain and came back down… NO TRAINING NEEDED!
I start hard core on Monday. No BS training classes in “Customer Based Selling” or “Introduction to our products” or “how to use SalesLogix” (our sales tracking software package… a total joke and a total waste).
Stocked my van yesterday (went in on my vacation to get ready). Monday morning, our competition gets some real competition! :-D
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What exactly do you do.
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I assume you were asking me…
Account Manager for a HAZMAT Disposal and Industrial Services company.
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Congratulations NC!
Do it for God, country, and the hazardous mat’ls mgt industry you will soon dominate.
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Congratulations NC!
Do it for God, country, and the hazardous mat’ls mgt industry you will soon dominate.
Mua hahaha
Just a thought . . . any chance that my education in pharmacology/biochemistry and medicine, coupled with your experience and training would lend itself to a partnership in WMD development of our own . . . ? -
Bio-Napalm… oh the possibilities… :evil:
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@ncscswitch:
I was just promoted again… not on the boards, but at work (where it REALLY counts!)
Starting Monday I move into my new job. And my income caps out at $120K (probably in reality a bit less than that since I likely will miss my numbers at least a few times during the year… call it $90k).Â
Anyone need any hand cleaner? Degreaser? Solvent or aqueous parts washers? An oil water separator cleaned out? Some waste drums picked up? A new jet washer? Ultrasonic parts washer? Used oil or antifreeze picked up? HAZCOM training? Anything regarding EPA or OSHA compliance at all? If so, call me… I’ll get you hooked up :-D
Dont BRAGG!!! :-D
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@ncscswitch:
I assume you were asking me…
Account Manager for a HAZMAT Disposal and Industrial Services company.
Yes, it was a typo.
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What is your territory? My company uses some of the services you offer. Not realy my department, but who knows.
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Hope that’ll be me next year - just finished law school and am articling for $25k/year - that’s the Winnipeg market, but at least I like the office - Public Interest Law Centre. After this I hope to find a job with a substantial increase in pay. Shoot, any job would be a substantial increase!
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What is your territory? My company uses some of the services you offer. Not realy my department, but who knows.
I have 6 Counties and part of 2 others in north central North Carolina. I am not allowed to service Arizona from here. :mrgreen:
HOWEVER… if you have any questions or need assistance with anything, let me know :-)
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Oh yeah, congratulations too - sorry for the bad manners…
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