The Terror Factory (29 page)

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
.