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FBI sting operation nabs 5 in Ohio bomb plot
CBS ^ | May 1, 2012 9:56 AM

Posted on 05/01/2012 7:11:58 AM PDT by nuconvert

Five "self-proclaimed anarchists" have been arrested after a months-long sting operation, charged with plotting to blow up a bridge in the Cleveland area, the FBI announced today.

CBS News senior correspondent John Miller reports the group had been involved in a series of escalating plots that ended with their arrest last night by FBI agents.

The sting operation supplied the anarchists with what they thought were "explosives" and bomb-making materials.

At no time during the case was the public in danger, the FBI said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: anarchists; bomb; bombplot; bridge; cleveland; democrats; fbi; nabs; occupy; ohio; operation; plot; sting
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To: philman_36

What does your common sense say? Or do you need a news report to give your common sense a clue?

My common sense says that just because someone is older they are not necessarily the leader. Biden is older than Obama and yet Obama is in charge. BTW Please do not write to me again. I will not answer.


41 posted on 05/01/2012 8:40:11 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: All

In our arguments about Santorum & McCain & Newt & Romney, we’d do well to remember this Other America & the hate they have for ALL of us.


42 posted on 05/01/2012 8:40:11 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: philman_36

What does your common sense say? Or do you need a news report to give your common sense a clue?

My common sense says that just because someone is older they are not necessarily the leader. Biden is older than Obama and yet Obama is in charge. BTW Please do not write to me again. I will not answer.


43 posted on 05/01/2012 8:40:19 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: nuconvert
Uh-oh...
@Report: Five Anarchists Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Blow Up a Cleveland-Area Bridge
However, a quick search of the individuals’ Facebook pages shows there is clearly some unofficial connection to the Occupy movement, if not an official one.
Employers?
44 posted on 05/01/2012 8:43:25 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

I love his recreation area in NY - its really beautiful. Mad Anthony Wayne! Maybe this dope was named after him after all.


45 posted on 05/01/2012 8:44:43 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; Conservative Vet
Yeah, sounds like Occupy Wall Street/anarchist types.
See reply 44.
46 posted on 05/01/2012 8:45:12 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: raulgomez05
Or did the FBI approached the men with the idea and the explosives-offer before they thought about it?
Yeah, they were framed. I suggest you read the complaint (PDF) and answer your own question.
47 posted on 05/01/2012 8:45:57 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: nuconvert
Five "self-proclaimed anarchists" have been arrested after a months-long sting operation, charged with plotting to blow up a bridge in the Cleveland area, the FBI announced today.

More and more, I get the feeling that these reports are bogus. What better way could there be to let us know what a great job the government is doing for us.

Yet, for all the groups of "Five 'self-proclaimed anarchists'" looking to blow up a bridge once would think that some percentage of them would be sufficiently smart enough to avoid FBI detection to at least make an attempt on a bridge, or whatever. But none has so far as I know.

Consider Israel, with its probably just as smart security forces. There, the security guys foil some attackers but not all.

ML/NJ

48 posted on 05/01/2012 8:45:58 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

They look more like Obama voters,bet they all expct free lunch and othet items.


49 posted on 05/01/2012 8:47:08 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: treetopsandroofs
Sounds like they were ultra left wingers and Big Media had no chance to spin them as conservatives.

CBS has done honest reporting 2 or 3 times in the last few months... it's odd - maybe a mistake, as you say.

50 posted on 05/01/2012 8:50:40 AM PDT by GOPJ (Had a Christian minister yelled at a bunch of gay students - the New York Times would have covered i)
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To: nuconvert
Occupy Cleveland organizer Brandon Baxter

Here is in the Occupy Cleveland tent, complete with standard issue bongo.

Greed kills? No, bombs kill.

51 posted on 05/01/2012 8:53:15 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Scotswife

3 ‘self’ identified ‘anarchists’ out of a group of 5, has now been deemed by the corrupt media, they were all ‘anarchists’

Makes me think 2 of em were Muslims.


52 posted on 05/01/2012 8:54:11 AM PDT by Freddd (No PA Engineers)
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To: ml/nj

See my #26


53 posted on 05/01/2012 8:54:22 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: nuconvert
Much more here...@Brandon Baxter and Four Other Occupy Movement Members Arrested For Trying To Blow Up Ohio State Route 82 Bridge in Cleveland
54 posted on 05/01/2012 8:54:48 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: nuconvert
Definitely an "Occupy" link. The oldest, Anthony Hayne, was an organizer for Occupy Cleveland.

http://lakewood-oh.patch.com/articles/occupy-cleveland

Also, if you google, his name and "Occupy Cleveland", it confirms that the "Occupy Cleveland" Hayne is 35 -- the same age as the guy busted in this story.

Hmmmm. Have to think about calling the local talk show today and pointing that out so it gets some press....

55 posted on 05/01/2012 8:55:06 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: nuconvert
@FBI Complaint/Affidavit
56 posted on 05/01/2012 8:56:44 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: ml/nj
More and more, I get the feeling that these reports are bogus.
Soooo, it would make you more comfortable if one of these nutbag groups succeeded, let's say, on the Path or MTA?
How about the train you ride on or the bridge you drive over?
Would that be enough proof?
57 posted on 05/01/2012 8:58:20 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Scotswife

More details emerged this morning from the arrests. 5 white males ages 12 thru 14 were booked for possession of firecrackers near a bridge. Eric Withholder and Big Sis said the FBI is on the job full time busting those DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.


58 posted on 05/01/2012 9:09:05 AM PDT by spawn44
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To: oh8eleven
Soooo, it would make you more comfortable if one of these nutbag groups succeeded, let's say, on the Path or MTA? How about the train you ride on or the bridge you drive over? Would that be enough proof?

I don't think you understand. I wouldn't like wild elephants to to stampede on the sidewalks I walk on either. But I would just be a little suspicious of folks at the Department of the Interior telling me that they had retrained some elephants from time to time.

ML/NJ

59 posted on 05/01/2012 9:09:41 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: marstegreg

Close to home for me as well, and these were definitely “Occupy” types. At least one belonged to the “Occupy Cleveland” Facebook group.

Now they are “Occupy Florence ADX”.


60 posted on 05/01/2012 9:19:34 AM PDT by E Rocc (November 2, 2010: The beginning of the end of the kleptocracy.)
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