Posted on 02/22/2010 2:42:10 PM PST by Kartographer
He admitted building homemade explosives with beauty supplies purchased in the Denver suburbs and cooked up in a Colorado hotel room, then driving them cross-country to New York City just before the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Zazi told authorities he disposed of the explosives once arriving in New York.
He said the terrorism plot was aimed at the city subway system but wouldn't name a specific target when asked by U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie.
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"One of the people familiar with the Zazi case told the AP that Zazi decided to offer the information after being warned that his mother could face criminal immigration charges."
Think Richard Jewell.
If his mother is here illegally, she should leave. If she has broken the law, she should be prosecuted. I would be interested to know what those “criminal immigration charges” really are. Is it the case then, that if your kid tries to blow up the NY subway and gets caught, he can bargain for his mother to get a free pass in any lawbreaking she may have been involved in, or not? This does not pass the smell test.
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