1. “Feds: Al Qaeda Suspect May Not Be Threat at All,” Associated Press, February 16, 2006.
2. Alfred Lubrano and John Shiffman, “Federal authorities Say W-B Man Is a Terrorist,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 2006.
3. Indictment, United States v. Michael Curtis Reynolds, Oct. 3, 2006, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/reynolds_indictment.pdf.
1. Don Markus and Andrea F. Siegel, “Man Accused in Bomb Plot Had Prior Criminal Charges,” Baltimore Sun, December 10, 2010.
2. Ibid.
3. Tricia Bishop, “Would-be Catonsville Bomber Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison,” Baltimore Sun, April 6, 2012.
4. Criminal complaint, United States v. Antonio Martinez, December 8, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/martinez_complaint.pdf.
5. Ibid.
6. Ben Nuckols, “Lawyer: FBI entrapped Baltimore bomb plot suspect,” Associated Press, December 13, 2010.
7. Ibid.
8. “Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction in Plot to Attack Armed Forces Recruiting Center,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2012, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/FBI-Martinez.pdf.
9. Inspire, no.2, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/inspire-magazine-2.pdf.
10. Inspire, no.5, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/inspire-magazine-5.pdf.
11. “Awlaki Video Urges U.S. Muslims to Join Al Qaeda,” Reuters, December 20, 2011.
12. Patrik Jonsson and Tracey D. Samuelson, “Fort Hood Suspect: Portrait of a Terrorist?” Christian Science Monitor, November 9, 2009.
13. “Stats and Facts,” Drug Enforcement Administration, 2011, http://www.justice.gov/dea/statistics.html#seizures.
14. Review the data cited here: http://theterrorfactory.com/database.html.
15. Rick Lyman and Nick Madigan, “Officials Puzzled About Motive of Airport Gunman Who Killed 2,” New York Times, July 6, 2002.
16. William K. Rashbaum, “Terror Suspect Is Charged with Preparing Explosives,” New York Times, September 25, 2009.
17. William K. Rashbaum, Mark Mazzetti, and Peter Baker, “Owner of S.U.V. Arrested in Times Sq. Bomb Case,” New York Times, May 4, 2010.
18. Ethan Brown, Snitch: Informants, Cooperators and the Corruption of Justice, (New York: PublicAffairs, 2007).
19. Criminal complaint, United States v. Shahawar Matin Siraj, February 9, 2005, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/siraj_complaint.pdf.
20. Author interview with Martin Stolar, 2011.
21. Review the data cited here: http://theterrorfactory.com/database.html.
22. Liz Kowalczyk, “New York Times Editor Chides White House,” Boston Globe, June 17, 2012.
23. Donna Cassata, “Obama Security Record Gives GOP Few Openings,” Associated Press, June 19, 2012.
24. “Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Muslim Advocates’ Annual Dinner,” Department of Justice, December 10, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/HolderSpeechDec2010.pdf.
1. Michael Kirk and Jim Gilmore, “The Man Who Knew,” PBS Frontline, October 3, 2002.
2. Ibid.
3. Bassem Youssef v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Deposition of Dale Watson, December 8, 2004.
4. Ibid.
5.
6. Author interview with Ali Soufan, 2011.
7. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, “Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,” July 22, 2004, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/911Report.pdf.
8. Bassem Youssef v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Deposition of Pasquale J. D’Amuro, November 30, 2004.
9. Ibid.
10. Bassem Youssef v. Federal Bureau of Investigations, Deposition of Arthur M. Cummings, II, March 14, 2005.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. “CaseMap Facts Report,” FBI document, January 8, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/harrington_interview.pdf.
14. Cummings deposition.
15. Ibid.
16. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide,”December 16, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/diog.pdf.
17. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide,” October 15, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/diog2011.pdf.
18. Author interview with Arthur Cummings, 2010.
19. Ronald J. Ostrow and Robert L. Jackson, “U.S. Agents Make Increasing Use of Informants: But ‘Handlers’ Face Complex Legal Hazards When Condoning Criminal Acts,” Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1986.
20. Dina Temple-Raston, “New FBI Computer Surveys Confidential Informants,” NPR, July 11, 2007.
21. Author interview with Peter Ahearn, 2011.
22. Eric Lichtblau, “Threats and Responses: The Former F.B.I. Director; Tough Security Questions Are Likely for Ex-Chief of F.B.I.,” New York Times, April 13, 2004.
23. Author interview with Dale Watson, 2011.
24. Scott Shane and Lowell Bergman, “F.B.I. Struggling to Reinvent Itself to Fight Terror,” New York Times, October 10, 2006.
25. Ibid.
26. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Memorandum, March 3, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/ACLURM011160.pdf.
27. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Memorandum, May 11, 2007, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/ACLURM012669.pdf.
28. Federal Bureau of Investigation, “The Baddest Town in America—and the FBI Owns It,” http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/training/hogans-alley.
29. Spencer Ackerman, “FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical,’” Wired, September 14, 2011.
30. Yassir Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Complaint, February 22, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/CAIR-ACLU_Lawsuit.pdf.
1. Jonathan Eig, Get Capone: The Secret Plot yhat Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010); Marc Perrusquia, “Photographer Ernest Withers Doubled as FBI Informant to Spy on Civil Rights Movement,” Commercial Appeal, September 12, 2010.
2. Tanya Weinberg and Jeff Shields, “Informant’s Role Central in Terrorism Case,” Sun-Sentinel, June 12, 2002.
3. United States v. Narseal Batiste, “Narseal Batiste’s Supplement to Demand for Specific Kyles and Brady Information and Giglio/ Napue Materials and Request for Expedited Ruling,” August 27, 2007, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/batiste398main.pdf.
4. Ronald J. Ostrow, “Webster Chosen as CIA Director: President Picks FBI Chief to Head Agency Under Fire for Iran Role,” Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1987.
5. Author interview with Stephen S. Trott, 2011.
6. David Kidwell and Larry Lebowitz, “FBI Sees Terror; Family Sees Good Son Ex-resident of Miramar Being Sought in Terror Case,” Miami Herald, March 31, 2003.
7. Manuel Roig-Franzia and Dan Eggen, “From Bookish Boy to Focus of FBI Manhunt; Terror Suspect Labeled Worst Threat to U.S.,” Washington Post, April 14, 2003.
8. Ibid.
9. Miami-Dade Police Department, Incident report, April 6, 2001, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/assaad.pdf.
10. Alfonso Chardy, Juan O. Tamayo, and Jay Weaver, “10 Years After 9/11, Suspected Al-Qaida Figure Still Eludes FBI,” McClatchy-Tribune News Service, August 31, 2011.
11. Tracy Breton, “Fear of Terrorists Haunted FBI Informant,” Providence Journal-Bulletin, January 26, 2003.
12. Ibid.
13. Eric Lichtblau and James Risen, “Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror,” New York Times, June 23, 2006.
14. Author interview with Max Rameau, 2009.
15. Chuck Strouse, “Penniless Purgatory,” Miami New Times, October 26, 2006.
16. John O’Neil, “Terror Plot Was in ‘Earliest Stages,’ Gonzales Says,” New York Times, June 23, 2006.
17. Doug Simpson, “Terror Suspect Grew Up in Christian Family,” Associated Press, June 26, 2006.
18. Doug Simpson, “Father: Sears Tower Plot Suspect Not in ‘Right Mind,’” Associated Press, June 25, 2006.
19. Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, “NYPD Docs: ‘Focus’ scrutiny on Muslim Americans,” March 9, 2012.
20. Miami Beach Police Department, Incident report, November 10, 2004, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/al-saidi.pdf.
21. United States v. Narseal Batiste, U.S. government exhibits, 2006.
22. Tom Brune and James Ylisela Jr., “The Making of Jeff Fort,” Chicago Magazine, November 1988.
23. United States v. Narseal Batiste, FBI transcripts, 2006.
24. Ibid.
25. United States v. Narseal Batiste, U.S. government exhibits, 2006.
26. United States v. Narseal Batiste, FBI transcripts, 2006.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Amanda Ripley, “Preemptive Terror Trials: Strike Two,” Time, December 13, 2007.
30. United States v. Narseal Batiste, Trial transcripts, 2006.
31. United States v. Narseal Batiste, “Narseal Batiste’s Supplement to Demand for Specific Kyles and Brady Information and Giglio/Napue Materials and Request For Expedited Ruling,” August 27, 2007, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/batiste398main.pdf.
32. Author interview with El Paso Police Department spokesman Darrel Petry, 2011.
1. Author interview with Foad Farahi, 2009.
2. Author interview with Ira Kurzban, 2009.
3. Author interview with Edward R. Sunshine, 2009.
4. Laura Wides-Munoz, “Illegal Immigrants Say They Were Targeted Because Daughter Is an Activist,” Associated Press, April 8, 2008.
5. Eric Schmitt, “American Strike Is Said to Kill a Top Qaeda Leader,” New York Times, May 31, 2010.
6. Pew Research Center for People and the Press, “Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism,” August 30, 2011.
7. Mohammad Ayoub, “Study Shows Prospering Community,” Sun Sentinel, November 14, 2005.
8. Charlie Savage, “F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds,” New York Times, June 12, 2011.
9. Sara Kehaulani Goo, “Sen. Kennedy Flagged by No-Fly List,” Washington Post, August 20, 2004; Mimi Hall, “U.S. Has Mandela on Terrorist List,” USA Today, April 30, 2008.
10. Author interview with Ibraheim Mashal, 2010.
11. Ayman Latif vs. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief, June 30, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/latif-holder.pdf.
12. Author interview with Nusrat Choudhury, 2010.
13. Rob Wagner, “Alleged drug dealer faces kidnap charges,” San Gabriel Valley Tribune, February 4, 1986.
14. Author interview with Craig Monteilh, 2011.
15. United States v. Tarek Mehanna, Affidavit, November 7, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/mehanna_affidavit.pdf.
16. Nancy Murray, “It’s Official. There Is a Muslim Exemption to the First Amendment,” Boston Globe, April 12, 2012.
17. Andrew F. March, “A Dangerous Mind?” New York Times, April 21, 2012.
18. “Tarek’s Sentencing Statement (with Leaked Voice and Subtitles),” video clip, YouTube, May 13, 2012, http://youtu.be/jtDReECm9oE!.
19. “Got Rights?” video clip, Muslim Advocates, http://muslimadvocates.org/get_involved/got_rights.html.
20. Author interview with Farhana Khera, 2011.
21. Pew Research Center for People and the Press, “Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism,” August 30, 2011.
1. Author interview with Mohammed Hossain, 2012.
2. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1537; United States vs. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 20, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-20-10.pdf, p. 1583.
3. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1542;United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1523.
4. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 15, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-15-10.pdf, Page 1269.
5. Ibid., p. 1214; Ibid, p. 1217.
6. Ibid., p. 1214.
7. Ibid., p. 1217-1218.
8. Ibid., p. 1219.
9. Ibid., p. 1220.
10. Ibid., p. 1221-1223.
11. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1524.
12. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 15, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-15-10. pdf, p. 1222.
13. Shahed Hussain, Voluntary petition, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York, August 21, 2003, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/hussain_bankruptcy.pdf.
14. United States v. Yassin Aref, Trial transcripts, September 18, 2006, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_volume4.pdf, p. 463.
15. Ibid., p. 464.
16. Ibid., p. 466-467.
17. United States v. Shahed Hussain, Criminal complaint, January 2, 2002, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/hussain_complaint.pdf.
18. United States v. Yassin Aref, Trial transcripts, September 18, 2006, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_volume4.pdf, p. 462.
19. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 15, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-15-10.pdf, p. 1329.
20. Ibid., p. 2278.
21. Yassin Aref, Son of Mountains, The Troy Book Makers, 2008.
22. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Investigation reports, January 2004, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/albany_fbi_reports.pdf.
23. Yassin Aref file, Federal Bureau of Investigation, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_foipa.pdf.
24. United States v. Yassin Aref, Trial transcripts, September 14, 2006, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_volume2.pdf, p. 301.
25. Ibid., p. 835.
26. Author interview with Kathy Manley, 2010.
27. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Video transcripts, January 2, 2004, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/albany_video_1-2-04.pdf.
28. Wesley Yang, “The Terrorist Search Engine,” New York Magazine, December 5, 2010.
29. Vanessa Blum, “Terror Analyst’s Credentials Questioned,” Sun Sentinel, August 27, 2006; Matthew Barakat, “Defense Seeks to Bar Testimony from ‘Doogie Howser’ of Terrorism,” Associated Press, March 17, 2005; Brendan J. Lyons, “Lawyer Looks to Block Witness; Controversial Terrorism Expert’s Credentials Questioned by Defense,” Times Union, September 27, 2006.
30. Yang, “The Terrorist Search Engine.”
31. Richard B. Schmitt, “Antiterror Expertise Goes High-Tech: Many Consultants Young, Web-Savvy,” Boston Globe, April 25, 2004.
32. Investigative Project on Terrorism, IRS Form 990, August 11, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/iptf990.pdf.
33. United States v. Yassin Aref, Affirmation in support of motion, September 26, 2004, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_motion.pdf.
34. Robert Gavin, “Terror Convictions Put to the Test; Convicted in 2006 After a Fictitious Plot, 2 Members of an Albany Mosque Take Case to Federal Appeals Court,” Times Union, March 25, 2008.
35. United States v. Yassin Aref, Trial transcripts, September 18, 2006, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/aref_volume4.pdf, p. 630.
36. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1511.
37. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 23, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-23-10.pdf, p. 2343.
38. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1471.
39. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1489.
40. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1407.
41. Michelle Shephard and Tonda MacCharles, “Khadr linked Arar to terrorism, court hears,” Toronto Star, January 19, 2009.
42. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 23, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-23-10.pdf, p. 2343.
43. Ibid., p. 2298.
44. New York State Parole Board, Hearing transcript, August 6, 1991, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_parole.pdf.
45. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1400.
46. United States v. James Cromitie, FBI undercover transcript, November 14, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_undercover1.pdf, p. 72.
47. United States v. James Cromitie, FBI undercover transcript, October 19, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_undercover1.pdf, p. 20.
48. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 20, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-20-10.pdf, p. 1678-1679.
49. United States v. James Cromitie, FBI undercover transcript, November 29, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_undercover1.pdf, p. 121.
50. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 21, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-21-10.pdf, p. 1869.
51. Ibid., p. 1960.
52. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 8, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-8-10.pdf, p. 1021.
53. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 21, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-21-10.pdf, p. 1857.
54. United States v. James Cromitie, FBI undercover transcript, April 16, 2009, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_undercover2.pdf, p. 89.
55. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1408.
56. United States v. James Cromitie, FBI undercover transcript, April 7, 2009, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_undercover2.pdf, p. 74.
57. United States v. James Cromitie, FBI undercover transcript, April 23, 2009, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_undercover2.pdf, p. 151.
58. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, August 25, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_8-25-10.pdf, p. 300.
59. “4 Muslims Arrested: NYC Jewish Temple Bomb Plots,” video clip, May 20, 2009, YouTube, http://youtu.be/kI3Y1qVA4F8.
60. Chris Dolmetsch and Patricia Hurtado, “New York City Synagogue Bomb Plotters Are Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison,” Bloomberg, June 29, 2011.
1. Andrew Blankstein and Richard Serrano, “Whitey Bulger Arrest: FBI Agents seize $800,000 in Cash, Arsenal of Weapons from Santa Monica Apartment,” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2011.
2. Tonya Alanez, “Man Jailed for 6 Years Takes Plea Deal for Shooting Death,” Sun Sentinel, January 15, 2010.
3. Steve Miletich and Mike Carter, “Violent Criminal on Federal Payroll as Informant,” Seattle Times, April 16, 2012.
4. “United States Attorneys’ Annual Statistical Report,” U.S. Department of Justice, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/11statrpt.pdf.
5. William Glaberson, “Terror Case Hinges on a Wobbly Key Player,” New York Times, November 27, 2004.
6. Indictment, United States v. Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad, December 13, 2004, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/al-moayad_indictment.pdf.
7. James Irmas, “Year of the Rats,” Village Voice, February 5, 2008.
8. Criminal complaint, United States v. Tarik Ibn Osman Shah, May 27, 2005, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/shah_complaint.pdf.
9. Alan Feuer, “Tapes Capture Bold Claims of Bronx Man in Terror Plot,” New York Times, May 8, 2007.
10. Alan Feuer, “Bronx Man Pleads Guilty in Terror Case,” New York Times, April 5, 2007.
11. Author interview with Marlene Jenkins, 2011.
12. Caryle Murphy and Del Quentin Wilber, “Terror Informant Ignites Himself Near White House,” Washington Post, November 16, 2004.
13. John Marzulli, “Suicidal Tipster: Cleric Gave Osama $20m,” New York Daily News, February 18, 2005.
14. Leo Strupczewski, “N.J. Man Thought Little of His Terror Tip,” Courier-Post, May 29, 2007.
15. Criminal complaint, United States v. Dritan Duka, May 7, 2007, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/duka_complaint.pdf.
16. “Fort Dix Witness Cites Terrorism Threat,” United Press International, December 10, 2008.
17. Excerpt from court transcripts, United States v. Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/fort-dix413.pdf.
18. Sentencing memorandum, United States v. Derrick Shareef, September 26, 2008, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/shareef_sentencing.pdf.
19. Criminal complaint, United States v. Derrick Shareef, December 8, 2006, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/shareef_complaint.pdf.
20. Mike Robinson, “Man charged in plot to bomb Rockford mall,” Associated Press, December 8, 2006.
21. Criminal complaint, United States v. Michael C. Finton, September 24, 2009, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/finton_complaint.pdf.
22. Ibid.
23. Affidavit, United States v. Rezwan Ferdaus, September 28, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/ferdaus_affidavit.pdf.
24. David Boeri, “At Hearing, Informant Under Fire in Ashland Terror Plot Case,” WBUR, November 15, 2011.
25. Denise Lavoie, “Rezwan Ferdaus Admits Guilt in Plot to Blow Up Pentagon and U.S. Capitol,”Associated Press, July 20, 2012.
26. Susan Kelleher and Steve Miletich, “Suspect’s Troubled Past: Rap Sheet, Hallucinations,” Seattle Times, June 24, 2011.
27. Author interview with Michele Shaw, 2011.
28. Susan Kelleher, “Suspect’s Life Marked by Mental Illness, Acquaintance Says,” Seattle Times, June 24, 2011.
29. Janet I. Tu, “Wife of Man Accused of Terrorist Plot: ‘He Is Not an Extremist,’” Seattle Times, June 24, 2011.
30. Levi Pulkkinen, “Key Witness in Seattle Terror Plot Was Sex Offender,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 26, 2012.
31. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, Voluntary Petition, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, May 20, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/latif_bankruptcy.pdf.
32. Criminal complaint, United States v. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, June 23, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/latif_complaint.pdf.
33. Levi Pulkkinen, “Key Witness in Seattle Terror Plot Was Sex Offender,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 26, 2012.
1. Memorandum in Support of Motion to Suppress the Products of Non-FISA Interrogations, Searches, and Seizures, United States v. Mohamed Osmon Mohamud, June 22, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/mohamud_6-22-11.pdf.
2. Ibid.
3. Paul Cruickshank, “U.S. Citizen Believed to Be Writing for Al Qaeda Website, Source Says,” CNN, July 18, 2010.
4. Damien McElroy, Adrian Blomfield and Nasser Arrabyee, “Anwar al-Awlaki: Drone Kills US-Born Preacher Who Inspired Lone Wolf Terrorists,” Telegraph, September 30, 2011.
5. Criminal complaint, United States v. Mohamed Osmon Mohamud, November 26, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/mohamud_complaint.pdf.
6. “FBI Sting Foils Portland Terror Plot,” video clip, Nov. 27, 2010, YouTube, http://youtu.be/pGYj6FnNTMk.
7. Criminal complaint, U.S. vs. Antonio Martinez, December 8, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/martinez_complaint.pdf.
8. United States v. James Cromitie, Trial transcripts, September 16, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/cromitie_9-16-10.pdf, p. 1539.
9. Criminal complaint, United States v. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, June 23, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/latif_complaint.pdf.
10. Aaron C. Davis, “Judge Sentences Lodi man to 24 Years for Attending Terror Camp,” Associated Press, September 10, 2007.
11. Lowell Bergman and Oriana Zill de Granados, “The Enemy Within,” PBS Frontline, October 10, 2006.
12. Rone Tempest, “Lodi Man Describes Terrorist Training,” Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2006.
13. The Center on Law and Security, New York University School of Law, “TTRC Update: Informant Cases and the Entrapment Defense,” March 2011.
1. “FY 2012 Budget Request at a Glance,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/fy2012budget.pdf.
2. Robert S. Mueller III, “Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Washington, DC,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, January 20, 2010.
3. “2003 State of the Union,” video clip, January 28, 2003, C-SPAN, http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/174799-2.
4. Lowell Bergman and Matthew Purdy, “Chasing the Sleeper Cell,” PBS Frontline, October 16, 2003.
5. Lou Michel, “U.S. Gives Half of the Lackawanna Six a Fresh Start,” Buffalo News, August 20, 2010.
6. “Press Briefing on Miami Terror Indictments,” Transcript, CNN, June 23, 2006.
7. “Headlines - The Apprentices,” video clip, June 26, 2006, The Daily Show, http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-26-2006/headlines---the-apprentices.
8. “Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Muslim Advocates’ Annual Dinner,” Department of Justice, December 10, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/HolderSpeechDec2010.pdf.
9. “Government’s Response to Defendant’s Motion for Order Directing the Government to Cease and Desist from Inappropriate Pretrial Comment,” United States v. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, January 10, 2011, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/mohamud_doc20.pdf.
10. Email originally obtained by reporter Josh Bernstein.
11. “Home Grown Terror? FBI: Plots Foiled in Two States,” ABC News, September 25, 2009.
12. “Criminal Complaint,” United States v. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, September 24, 2009, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/smadi_complaint.pdf.
13. “Indictment,” United States v. Farooque Ahmed, October 26, 2010, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/ahmed_indictment.pdf.
14. “Taborn on Arrest of Farooque Ahmed,” video clip, YouTube, October 27, 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmyJO5Pue4I.
15. Justin Elliott, “Fact-Check: How the NYPD Overstated Its Counterterrorism Record,” ProPublica, July 10, 2012.
16. Jerry Markon, “Post-9/11 Probe Revived Stolen-Cereal Incident,” Washington Post, June 15, 2005.
1. Richard Lord, “Accused Local Taliban Sympathizer Detained Without Bond Until Trial,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2012.
2. Dane Schiller, “Accused Terrorist Secretly Recorded Talking Jihad,” Houston Chronicle, November 9, 2011.
3. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” April 7, 2009, http://theterrorfactory.com/documents/rightwing.pdf
4. FoxNews.com, “Chorus of Protest Grows Over Report Warning of Right Wing Radicalization”, April 15, 2009, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/15/chorus-protest-grows-report-warning-right-wing-radicalization/
5. “RAW VIDEO: West Memphis Shooting,” video clip, YouTube, June 30, 2010, http://youtu.be/acLpCbbZ1fk.
6. J.J. MacNab, “‘Sovereign’ Citizen Kane,” Intelligence Report, Fall 2010.
7. Author interview with Bob Paudert, 2012.
8. Kristina Goetz, “No Hints at Violence in Sovereign Citizen Jerry Kane’s File,” Commercial Appeal, May 20, 12.
9. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, “Sovereign Citizens: A Growing Domestic Threat to Law Enforcement,” September 2011, http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/september-2011/sovereign-citizens
10. Bob Willis, “U.S. Recession Worst Since Great Depression, Revised Data Show,” Bloomberg, August 1, 2009.
11. Adam H. Beasley, “Florida: A Ponzi Schemer’s Paradise,” Miami Herald, July 7, 2012.
12. David K. Shipler, “Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the F.B.I.,” New York Times, April 28, 2012.
13. Rick Lyman and Nick Madigan, “Officials Puzzled About Motive of Airport Gunman Who Killed 2,” New York Times, July 6, 2002; William K. Rashbaum, “Terror Suspect Is Charged with Preparing Explosives,” New York Times, September 25, 2009; William K. Rashbaum, Mark Mazzetti, and Peter Baker, “Owner of S.U.V. Arrested in Times Sq. Bomb Case,” New York Times, May 4, 2010.
14. Paul Finkelman, “John Brown: America’s First Terrorist?” Prologue Magazine, Spring 2011.
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