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.
List of countries USA has bombed since 1945
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@Cow:
Garg is a right wing extremist who fully supports bombing every country in the world. If USA has bombed someone, he will check that off as a victory over that country. Garg is hoping that America can bomb the world someday.
The only thing Garg does not support is bombing America. To be honest, I am expecting America to get bombed more frequently, because we oppress so many people world wide.
Who knows, maybe we will bomb ourselves again.
I’m not going there, Cow. I’m just saying that I don’t think all Americans right or left want to go around bombing people.
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Perhaps he is just jealous that Canada or he didn’t bomb that many?
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Not sure how most Americans take being called ‘bro’ but at least in this part of Canada is actually a nice thing to be called bro. As far as being called a boy, well, perhaps look at the post count. Perhaps novice poster would be more PC then boy. But there is no mistake with dipshit.
You call the map bullshit, but your points of contention have all been addressed. Your objections seem to be fallacious. Arguing the name of a country ie China versus the PRC is semantics. I’ve seen some of your posts in other threads rjpeters, they were respectful so I welcome a respectful debate from you in the future. En garde!
Canada gets all proud of itself when we take on foreign fishing trawlers, if we actually bombed a country we’d probably die of exuberance. Typically Canadian to have our glory in a turbot war.
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Canada gets all proud of itself when we take on foreign fishing trawlers, if we actually bombed a country we’d probably die of exuberance. Typically Canadian to have our glory in a turbot war.
Interesting article Malachi, I was a little too young to remember that one. And you’re right. It does make me a little proud to know that we fought, and won, a war with Spain and the European Union and nobody died!
Even if it was all over this guy…
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I go away for a weekend camping trip and the mudslinging starts. :P
rjpeters70, I appreciate you giving an argument! I hope you continue to provide counter arguments as you develop them… We do try to not flame people around here, and I try (I don’t have a 100% success rate) to keep the peace by deleting flames and unneeded material. I am watching this like a hawk. This isn’t per se political, although I understand it can be construed that way. Garg is not suggesting that the US is right or wrong in their endeavors. If that is the point, A, he’s flat wrong, he can’t make such a claim, and b, this has historical merit.
I am glad this thread has opened up to include nations that have bombed other nations in general.
Since no one has made an official list, I shall drop that bombshell… The countries Canada has bombed since 1945:
Lybia (2011)
Afghanistan (2001 - Present)
Korea (1951-1953) (RCAF pilots flew combat missions in the USAF)
Kuwait (1991)
Iraq (1991)
Yugoslavia (1999)Boom! And building components for US bombs made them… accomplices. ;)
GG
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rjpeters70, I guess as long as you don’t officially call them bases there are no bases. There are facilities with US servicemen operating US equipment under US command for US purposes.
You say nothing in Australia, I say read this:
http://theconversation.com/memo-stephen-smith-there-are-us-bases-in-australia-and-they-are-expanding-8622You say nothing in Isreal, I say research this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimona_Radar_Facility
The Dimona Radar Facility is an American-operated radar base in the Negev, staffed by 120 US military personnel.You say nothing in Pakistan, I say research this:
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/12/15/cia-drones-quit-pakistan-site-but-us-keeps-access-to-other-airbases/Wikipedia mentions all three countries in their list of countries with US bases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_basesYes, we can agree to disagree. I can agree that you disagree with boat loads of easily researched material that supports the original premise.
If basing or bombing is done clandestinely, it still occurred.
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The Dimona site is not a base. Bases are areas from which American forces can reside and project power.
Well there has to be a distinction between a facility and a base. I can live with your arbitrary line. Now with Pakistan, the Pakistanair bases from which US drones flew….If the drones are not armed then its like Dimona, just a facility for info gathering. Put a hellfire on one of those drones and now you are projecting power so it becomes a US base. True, the Pakistan bases were under command of Pakistan air bases, but the US drones were not under Pakistan control.
Wiki does appear to be fairly liberal in what they classify as a base granted.
Wiki nor any other site is a great place to solely cite from. Many people go on to point how inaccurate Wiki is. Granted it has errors, but if it is so choke full of errors it ought to be easy to point out a slew of them.
The map is from an article here:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-bases/5564This article talks about ‘bases’ in Australia that form ECHELON. Surveillance yes, information does help project power. But we argue semantics. Is a US spy facility a base? Well that last article calls them a base. I hate arguing over the meaning of a word. Great sparring with you by the way!
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Cuba is omitted because the US holds an open ended lease for complete jurisdiction and control of Guantanamo Bay and Cuban authorities have absolutely no jurisdiction on the premises. It is for all intents and purposes, American soil. Furthermore, the US and Cuba have no diplomatic relations. So, if anything it is actually more of an occupation than a legit overseas military installation.
But I see your point. I would probably put it on the map. I didnt make the map you see. I just put it up because it was related to the other topic and I found it interesting.
Clearly you did too. ;-)
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