FBI thwarts terrorist bombing attempt at Portland holiday tree lighting, authorities say

The Oregonian by Bryan Denson | Nov. 27, 2010 (News)

The FBI thwarted an attempted terrorist bombing in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square before the city's annual tree-lighting Friday night, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Local
Topics: Terrorism, Law Enforcement, National Security, Northwest, FBI, Somalia
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Posted by: Posted by Jon Mitchell - Nov 27, 2010 - 12:01 AM PST
Reviewed by: Jon Mitchell (review), Clifton Musgrove (review)
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Nov 27, 2010 - 9:21 AM PST

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 by Jon Mitchell - Nov. 27, 2010

A straight reading of the FBI affidavit, which suggests that they had this guy in their pocket from day one, and just strung him along and allowed him to go through with it in order to make the arrest. No way of verifying this series of events; one just has to take the FBI's story as given.

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