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...Between the NYPD's counterterrorism bureau, the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force and a U.S. Attorney's office vastly experienced in national-security issues, "you have a perfect storm of anti-terror efforts in New York, and [the plotters] ran straight into it," Burton says. The city, along with Los Angeles, "has resources comparable to many countries," says James Carafano, a terrorism analyst at the Heritage Foundation. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey...
...July 2008, Cromitie and the FBI informant allegedly discussed the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed. When the informant claimed a connection to this group, Cromitie supposedly said he'd like to join. (Read about the activities of Jaish-e-Mohammed...
...October 2008, the informant began a series of meetings with Cromitie at a Newburgh house fitted with FBI video and bugging equipment. At meetings there, according to official briefings, Cromitie was joined by David Williams (a.k.a. Daoud), Onta Williams (a.k.a. Hamza) and Laguerre Payen (a.k.a. Amin). The four men, all former convicts, were said to have talked about attacking targets in New York, including a synagogue in the Bronx and military aircraft at the Air National Guard Base at Stewart International Airport, which is west of Newburgh. Cromitie then allegedly asked the informant to procure surface-to-air missiles...
...early May 2009, Cromitie, Williams and Payen traveled with the FBI informant to Connecticut, to obtain what the plotters believed were a surface-to-air guided missile system and three explosive devices, each containing 30 lb. of C-4. The informant allegedly told them he got the missile and explosives from Jaish-e-Mohammed. The three plotters were then said to have taken the devices back to Newburgh, where two days later, all four plotters met to inspect the devices and discuss logistics...
...FBI said the plotters planted the "bombs" outside the Riverdale Temple and Riverdale Jewish Center. Around 9 p.m., the FBI and the New York City Police Department swept in to arrest the plotters...