No sooner do Jeh and the boys at the DHS say ISIS will attack the Mall of America — well, maybe, who knows, could be — the FBI trots out its latest gaggle of terrorists.
FBI arrested 3 men trying to fly from JFK airport to Turkey to eventually join ISIS in Syria, per complaint unsealed today in Brooklyn.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
Among charges: providing material support for terrorists.
3 arrested: Abdurasul Jaraboev, 24; Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19; Abror Habibov, 30
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
One of the dupes went so far as to say he’d kill Obama, never mind the complete implausibility and stupidity of the remark.
Juraboev acowledged to FBI
"his willingness to.kill President Obama if so ordered by ISIL," complaint says.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
Note the phrasing of this. He “acknowledged” his intention to the FBI. In the past, such “acknowledgments” were stated by crackpots with mental issues coaxed and wheedled by informants looking for favorable treatment in criminal cases.
One supposed terrorist apparently lived with his mother.
Saidakhmetov told an informant that his mother took his passport so he couldnt travel to Syria to fight with ISIS, complaint says
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
The basement dwelling would-be terrorist said he would buy a “machine gun” and kill cops. He was apparently unaware this is not possible in the United States without a federal license.
Saidakhmetov: if unable to get travel documents to go to Syria, "I will just go and buy a machine gun, AK-47, go out and shoot all police."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
Apparently realizing buying a machine gun is not possible — maybe with FBI informant coaching — he said he would use a handgun instead.
"It is legal in America to carry a gun. We will go and purchase one handgun … then go and shoot one police officer. Boom…"
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
He then said he would kill go to FBI headquarters and kill FBI employees. Never mind with the security there he probably wouldn’t get in the parking lot.
"..Then, we will take his gun, bullets and a bulletproof vest …Then we will go to the FBI headquarters, kill the FBI people"
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2015
The corporate media, as usual, is reporting this fantasy tale as a real terrorist plot.
Of course, as usual — never mind the headlines — the media threw in a now standard caveat:
Law enforcement officials say any potential homegrown threat was aspirational, not operational, but authorities moved in because they believed the suspects’ plans to travel abroad were imminent and their alleged intent to join ISIS real. Agents had been tracking the men for about 18 months.
The corporate media does not put two and two together, even when their colleagues report the facts. For instance, The New York Times reporting the FBI routinely cobbles together bogus terror plots.
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