"5 accused of plotting to blow up bridge near Cleveland; Officials describe men as anarchists" by Thomas J. Sheeran and Kantele Franko | Associated Press, May 02, 2012
CLEVELAND - Five men described by federal authorities as anarchists angry with corporate America and the government were charged Tuesday with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge linking two Cleveland suburbs.
The men were arrested Monday night after unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months, a strategy that federal investigators have used repeatedly in recent years to catch alleged terrorists.
“They talked about making a statement against corporate America and
the government as some of the motivations for their actions,’’ said US
Attorney Steven Dettelbach, announcing the arrests with Stephen Anthony,
the head of the FBI in Cleveland.
The five men allegedly researched explosives and obtained what they thought was C-4 explosives. The material, in fact, was harmless and the public was never at risk, because the men got it from the informant, officials said.
It USED TO BE CALLED a SET-UP!!!!
The men planted the fake explosives at the base of the bridge, armed them, went to a remote spot, and “entered the codes that they thought would blow up the bridge with innocent people traveling over it,’’ said Dettelbach....
The men had been associated with the anticorporate Occupy Cleveland movement but don’t share its nonviolent views, said organizer Debbie Kline.
Okay, so we have the bloodthirsty Muslim out there, and if that don't work it's the right-wing crazy, and NOW we have ANOTHER GOVERNMENT PSYOP making OCCUPY the THREAT!
“They were in no way representing or acting on behalf of Occupy Cleveland,’’ said Kline in an e-mail canceling the group’s May Day protest at a GE Lighting plant in view of the arrests of the “autonomous group’’ of five.
Translation: They are AGENT PROVOCATEURS in the EMPLOY of the GOVERNMENT!!
And I guess it was MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
The suspects were frustrated that other anticorporate protesters opposed violence, according to Dettelbach, citing the criminal complaint filed in the case.
“It talks about the anger and frustration that these five individuals felt that other people would not support their violent aims,’’ said Dettelbach.
Federal authorities said their investigation was aided by a paid confidential source who had previous robbery and other convictions and was on probation for passing bad checks. The informant began making contact with the men in October and had recorded conversations with them over the past three months, according to an affidavit.
You can throw his testimony and this case out the window if I'm on the jury.
The men were said to have considered different plots over time, including distracting law enforcement with smoke grenades while trying to bring down financial institution signs in downtown Cleveland.
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