Foiled Plot To Destroy JFK

In a story I have been reading rivals if not surpasses the World Trade Centers destruction. It said Federal authorities had broken up a suspected Muslim terrorist cell planning a “chilling” attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods.
Three men, one of them a former member of Guyana’s parliament, were arrested and one was being sought in Trinidad as part of a plot that authorities said they had been tracked for more than a year and was foiled in the planning stage.
In an indictment charging the four men, one of them is quoted as saying the foiled plot would “cause greater destruction than in the Sept. 11 attacks,” destroying the airport, killing several thousand people and destroying parts of New York’s borough of Queens, where the line runs underground.
One of the suspects, Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen native to Guyana and former JFK air cargo employee, said the airport named for the slain president was targeted because it is a symbol that would put “the whole country in mourning.”
Authorities said the men were motivated by hatred toward the U.S., Israel and the West. Defreitas was recorded saying he “wanted to do something to get those bastards” and he boasted that he had been taught to make bombs in Guyana.
Despite their efforts, the men never obtained any explosives, authorities said.
Federal officials told NBC News that Defreitas, the alleged mastermind of the plot, looked for others to work with him and that one of the first people he turned to, unbeknownst to him, was an FBI informant.
According to officials, the FBI tracked Defreitas when he went to Guyana to recruit help for his plot, meeting with radical Muslims there, including Abdul Kadir, a member of the Guyana parliament who is a former town mayor.
Investigators allege Defreitas was dispatched from Guyana to conduct video and photo surveillance of JFK four times in January. Investigators told NBC News they tracked Defreitas as he identified targets and escape routes and assessed airport security.
Richard Kuprewicz, a pipeline expert and president of Accufacts Inc., an energy consulting firm that focuses on pipelines and tank farms, said the force of explosion would depend on the amount of fuel under pressure, but it would not travel up and down the line.
He was arraigned Saturday in federal court in Brooklyn, where he was held pending a bail hearing Wednesday. His court-appointed lawyer told the judge that officials were not revealing the full story, according to reports.
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Do we really need to worry about terrorists crossing our borders when we have so many homegrown crazies ready to harm us. Of course the answer is yes, we do need to worry about the borders, but my god, we really are lucky no further terrorist attacks have occurred with so many willing participants in our own country.
It angers me that these people live in the most privileged nation on earth and the only thing they can think about is destruction and death for their fellow citizens. Don't these people have cable t.v.? Isn't there something better they could be doing with their lives. People if you hate America that much, please just leave and let us be.
One last thing, how do you hatch a plot and the first person you talk to is an FBI informant. I read this in all of these stories and wonder is everyone but me an FBI informant?Obviously it was fortunate for the folks at JFK as it really would have been a disaster of monumental proportions.
Stay vigilant and keep "informing". Thanks!