FBI Counter-Terrorism
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"Secondly, not only have we put additional agents on counter-terrorism, but we've also built up our analytical structure so that we're better positioned to analyse the information we have. " |
New York Terror Plot
Who: Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis
What: Planned to set off a 1000 pound bomb in a van parked outside the New York Federal Reserve When: 2012 Caught: An FBI contacted Nafis and gave him a fake bomb. Nafis was arrested upon attempting to detonate the bomb |
Torrance Plot (California Terror Plot)
Who: Terrorist organization called Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh
What: Planned to attack US military installations and Israeli consulate buildings and airlines When: 2005 Caught: Investigations by the Join Terrorism Task Force of the FBI into the groups bank robberies led to information about the larger plot. |
Amerithrax Invesetigation
Who: Dr. Bruce Ivans
What: Worst biological attack in US history, 5 Americans were killed and 17 injured when letters laced with anthrax were sent through the mail When: 2001 Caught: An FBI special task force traced the manufactured anthrax to Ivans, saving untold numbers of lives. |