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Would-Be Bombers Say FBI Set Them UpBy ADAM KLASFELDCourthouse News Service Mar. 28, 2011 |
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 MANHATTAN (CN) - A federal judge appeared receptive to defense attorneys' claims that the FBI entrapped the four men convicted in October of planning to blow up synagogues in the Bronx and use missiles to shoot down military planes at Stewart Air National Guard Base. "The FBI did not infiltrate a plot," U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon said at a Thursday hearing. "There was no plot." James Cromitie, Onta Williams, David Williams and Laguerre Payen say they were entrapped by an FBI agent who promised them $250,000 to participate in a plot they never conceived. Despite a wiretap showing an FBI informant referring to a money offer in that amount, the government says the figure was closer to $5,000 and denies allegations of misconduct. Read More |
