A jury has found all five men accused of plotting an attack on the Army’s Fort Dix guilty, CBS 2 reports.
The jury of eight women and four men convicted each of the five defendants, all foreign-born Muslim men who lived for years in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, of conspiring to kill military personnel. They were acquitted on charges of attempted murder.
None of the men testified in their trial, but lawyers for the men said the plot was all talk and the men weren’t seriously planning anything. The defense said the five were goaded by two paid FBI informants. Much of the testimony was focused on the informants and hundreds of hours of recordings they made with the five men.
The government said after the men were arrested in 2007 that an attack was imminent and the case underscored the dangers of terrorist plots hatched on U.S. soil.
Although investigators said the men were inspired by Osama bin Laden, they were not accused of any ties to foreign terror groups.
The trial spanned 26 days of testimony; about two-thirds of it were devoted to two paid FBI informants who made hundreds of hours of recordings with the defendants.
(Source: WCBSTV / MyFoxNY)
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A conviction based on an agent provocateur isn’t much of an accomplishment – which is why the jury acquitted them of many charges. While a known criminal, who is paid and offered a pardon,isn’t necessarily a dubious witness (halacha would never accept in a criminal manner, and neither would most democracies), isn’t necessarily lying, it taints any conviction. It is unfortunate that the FBI had to rely on paid informants (who were, according to AP, illegal immigrants with criminal records who testified in return for money and a green card).
the problem is that there are so many of them here that it is impossible to know what it is in there minds. Look how many Pakistanis and Arabs live in our neighborhoods in Brooklyn look around torah vdaas
#1 – Convicting people who were happy to discuss plans to attack and kill US army personnel is an accomplishment regardless of the motivation behind the informants’ involvement. The bottom line is these people are evil and want to hurt this country. Ship them out!
lucky the muslims last name is not rubashkin or the would be in jail with out bail.lol
#3- the only evidence they produced of activities PRIOR to the involvement of the FBI “informant” (agent provacateur) is that they were joking about doing something anti-American, which shows disloyalty but isn’t really illegal. As it is, about half the defendants can be easily deported (one has a green card, another is a citizen). The use of dubious paid informants (a technique common is Israel as well) results in convictions that are continually subject to challenge.