Michael Finton, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested in Springfield, Illinois, and charged with attempted murder of federal officers or employees and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction, charges that carry a life sentence.So he wasn't just 'planning', he thought he had it all set up.
Finton was arrested on Wednesday in Springfield as he used a cell phone to try to detonate the bomb he believed was inside a van he had just parked outside the federal building.
It's going to be interesting how this turns out in court since it seems the authorities were really pushing the line on entrapment.
In early 2009, "it appeared that Finton was on the verge of taking action, so it was decided to proactively provide him with an opportunity for action that we controlled, rather than merely hoping to be able to find out and stop him," according to a government affidavit.
There was also an arrest in Dallas of a suspect in even another alleged plot.
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What chaps me is the dilution of the definition of "Weapon of Mass Destruction". I'd wager the bomb had no radioisotope, biological warfare or chemical warfare components whatsoever.
WMD is now "an explosive device". Eventually WMD will mean "a knife".
Kind of reminds me of Jihad Mall Bomber Boy, up in Rockford a couple 'r three years back.
A wannabe Islamic terrorist, and every single person he was plotting with was a Fed. Loser.
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