Jeweler charged with false terror plot report - AP

[kittenpants]

Bogus tip included details of alleged plot, spurred $100,000 investigation


NEW YORK - A jeweler, apparently bent on revenge against his former business associates, was arrested Monday for reporting a bogus plot to bomb the New York subways last Fourth of July, authorities said.

The false report launched an intense and costly terrorist investigation which stretched as far as Israel, as more than 40 investigators conducted 24-hour surveillance and other covert techniques trying to track down fictitious terrorists.

Rimon Alkatri, 34, a native of Syria living in Brooklyn, surrendered Monday after a Manhattan grand jury indicted him on charges of falsely reporting an incident, a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison, according to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morganthau...


...On July 7, authorities said they had thwarted a terrorist plot to flood lower Manhattan by attacking train tunnels under the Hudson River used by tens of thousands of commuters. Eight suspects — including an al-Qaida loyalist arrested in Lebanon and two others in custody elsewhere — had hoped to pull off the attack in October or November, federal officials said.

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[mainer]

1. Easy way to get rid of your enemies -- report them as terrorists

Once Bush is allowed to detain "enemy combatants" indefinitely, without review, you can make your enemies "disappear" by reporting them.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2426702