Tag: Fort Dix terror trial
By Jeralyn, Section Terror Trials
Posted on Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 11:26:22 AM EST
Tags: Fort Dix terror trial (all tags)
Posted on Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 11:26:22 AM EST
Tags: Fort Dix terror trial (all tags)
photo from L.A. Times
After weeks of jury selection, the Fort Dix Six terror trial begins today, with five of the original defendants, four of whom are pictured above. (One pleasded guilty to lesser charges.) They are charged with "conspiring to gun down military personnel at the sprawling South Jersey base in a jihad-inspired attack last year."
Keep your eye on the snitch testimony. The FBI is using two "cold insert" informants, Mahmoud Omar and Besnik Bakalli, to make the case.
A Justice Department official admits the two men are 'not squeaky-clean.' The trial, which starts Monday, will test the FBI's controversial tactic of using 'cold inserts' to infiltrate groups. [More...]
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