FBI: San Jose man who believed he was working with Taliban arrested trying to blow up Oakland Bank
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Source: San Jose Mercury News
FBI: San Jose man who believed he was working with Taliban arrested trying to blow up Oakland Bank of America branch
Matthew Aaron Llaneza bragged to his accomplice that after blowing up a Bank of America branch in Oakland, "he would dance with joy." Then after an act of terrorism that Llaneza hoped would be blamed on anti-government militias, federal officials say, he planned to flee to Afghanistan and train Taliban fighters.
But Llaneza's co-conspirator was not, as he believed, a member of the Taliban. He was an undercover FBI agent, and that's why early Friday morning, Llaneza, a 28-year-old San Jose resident and former Marine, was arrested after federal authorities say he attempted to detonate a car bomb that they had secretly rendered inoperable as part of a months-long sting.
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Llaneza made his initial appearance in federal court on Friday morning and was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Historic NY
(37,451 posts)who was totally clueless.
formercia
(18,479 posts)Another Acolyte of Hate Media.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Recruiting suckers?
That should make it really difficult for the real Taliban to recruit anyone.
I bet Pakistani ISI is working on a handbook, "how to tell real Taliban from FBI agennts for dummies"
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)But I prefer it to the idea of one of these soulless RW dickheads hooking up with someone who actually does have the desire and the means to kill scores of innocents in an effort to stir up civil war.
Would you prefer that this guy found a way to work with someone like that instead? I'd rather someone identify him as a potentially serious threat and get him off the street when it's proved that he would kill innocents given the opportunity.
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)bayareamike
(602 posts)dlwickham
(3,316 posts)I'm a bit more worried about the airport than a B of A branch
NBachers
(17,122 posts)most of it. Yes, the guy was willing to do everything necessary to blow up the bank and collapse it. But how much of this was an FBI fabrication?
I can't help it. I just always think they're digging a crime-hole and waiting for someone to fall into it.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)More like the plot was hatched by an FBI undercover operation.
And this has been going on for some time.
The only plots the FBI has "foiled" are the ones they launched.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)...more guns and tax cuts for the rich.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)without deep and massive cuts in social programs, more guns and tax cuts for the rich are nothing.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)Never heard of the words "executive suite"?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Those same records show that Llaneza's father long had concerns about his son's stability, keeping him at arm's length after he returned to San Jose from several years living with grandparents in Arizona and having abruptly converted to Islam.
God Bless America.
Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)Seemingly set the foundation for those thoughts after he was convicted in 2011 for illegally having an AK-47 assault rifle and accompanying high-capacity magazines he purportedly purchased and registered in Arizona.
formercia
(18,479 posts)I could go out and buy a fully automatic weapon with a Suppressor(silencer), and do it legally. There is a ClassIII dealer about 10 minutes from here. All I have to do is pass a background check and pay a Transfer Tax on the weapon and Suppressor. It is legal to own such a weapon in Maine. Now, If I move to MA and take that legal weapon with me, if caught, I would be arrested and likely sent to prison.
To the FBI, this would not be an issue, since, under Federal Law, the weapon is legally purchased and Transfer Tax paid. The violation would be of State Law.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)They take years to PM, befriend- some moron on some message board, pretend they have an egg that will hatch Godzilla and make the moron set the egg down next to a bank.
The FBI saved America from Godzilla!
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)Gentle-man
(39 posts)This was covered up.