The New York Times
Mon, August 02, 2010 -- 2:59 PM ET
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2 Men Are Guilty in Plot to Bomb Kennedy Airport
A federal jury found two Guyanese men guilty on Monday of
conspiring to blow up Kennedy International Airport,
concluding a month-long trial that centered on the men's plan
to set off a series of explosions along a fuel pipeline that
cuts through the city.
But the plot never advanced beyond the conceptual stage, and
the planning sessions, some of which were recorded by a
confidential informant, were at times grandiose and absurd.
Suggestions of destroying the American economy vied with
calls for a "ninja-style attack."
The defendants, Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir, had
been monitored from an early stage in the plot by the
informant, who posed as a member of the group, which included
a number of other participants. The informant, Steven
Francis, had recorded the men during surveillance missions to
the airport and on international trips to secure financial
and logistical support for the attack.
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