The Terror Factory (33 page)

Pioneer Square terror plot.
See
Mohamud, Mohamed Osman

Pistole, John,
203–204

Pittsburgh terror sting.
See
Al-Akili, Khalifah
.

political asylum,
92–93
,
95
,
98–99
,
119

See also
immigration

polygraph,
61–62
,
93
,
180
,
183

Portland, Oregon, terror plot.

See
Mohamud, Mohamed Osman

preemption (FBI counterterrorism policy),
26
,
86

See also
FBI: policy

press conferences and press releases,
10
,
23
,
71–73
,
150
,
203–204
,
205–206
,
213

See also
exaggeration of terrorism threat by the U.S. government
;
media coverage of terrorism prevention (FBI counterterrorism policy)
,
26

See also
FBI: policy

Priest, Dana,
214

See also
media coverage of terrorism

privacy.
See
FBI: surveillance of Muslim communities
;
surveillance

profiling,
225
,
227

See also
civil rights

public relations.
See
exaggeration of terrorism threat by the U.S. government
;
media coverage of terrorism
;
press conferences and press releases

public transit terror plots.
See
Ahmed, Farooque
;
Siraj, Shahawar Matin
;
Zazi, Najibullah

Quantico, Virginia,
50

racial profiling,
225

See also
civil rights

Rahman, Abdul.
See
Cromitie, James

Rameau, Max,
69

Reagan, Ronald,
28
,
61

recorder malfunction.
See
FBI: failure to record conversations in stings redemption
.
See
sovereign citizen movement

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,
216

Reynolds, Michael Curtis,
9–11
,
13
,
14
,
17

Rice, Condoleezza,
103

right-wing extremism,
227–232

See also
extremism and extremists
,
Kane, Jerry R.
;
Ku Klux Klan
;
sovereign citizen movement
; terrorism: domestic;
white supremacist movement

Ringel, Keith,
65-66

Riverdale, New York, terror plot.
See
Newburgh Four

Rockford, Illinois, terror plot.

See
Shareef, Derrick

Rolince, Mike,
102-103

Rosenstein, Rod J.,
23

Sabir, Rafiq,
161

SAE Productions,
129

Saidi, Abbas al-,
73
,
75–80
,
84-87

salafism,
182

Saleh, Tarek,
97–98
,
111

Salman al-Farisi,
182

Saudi Arabia,
36
,
158
,
161
,
172

Schumer, Charles E.,
46

Sears Tower terror plot.
See
Liberty City Seven

Seattle, Washington, terror plot.
See
Abdul-Latif, Abu Khalid

September 11, 2001:

as inspiration to other terrorists,
72
,
110
;

failure of the U.S. govemment to prevent,
35-39
,
210
;

impact on FBI budget and finances,
44
.
201-217
:

impact on interagency cooperation,
47
;

impact on U.S. law and juries.
88
,
128
,
198
;

impact on recruitment of informants,
42
,
44-46
,
93
,
155-57
,
159
;

impact on U.S. Muslim communities,
16
,
27
,
75
,
89
,
112
,
211
,
225
;

influence on media coverage of terrorism,
70-73
;

influence on U.S. foreign policy,
25-26
;

influence on U.S. national security policy,
16-17
,
23-27
,
35-47
,
68-71
,
88-89
,
103
,
213-14
,
224-25
,
231-33
(
see also
FBI
;
no-fly list
;
surveillance
);

terror threats to the United States since,
30-31
,
55
,
202
,
215
;

terrorism cases prosecuted since,
11-12
,
24
,
27-28
,
30
,
202
,
236
(see
also
terrorism and terrorists
);

trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
12
,
215

Seymour, Gerald,
236

Shah, Tarik,
159–62
,
219
,
235

Shahzad, Faisal,
31
,
215
,
235

Shamsuddin Islamic Center,
91-92
,
95
,
99

Shareef, Derrick,
168–71
,
180

Shaw, Michele,
178–79

Shelby, Theodore,
160–61
,
219–21

Shnewer, Mohamed,
163–68

See also
Fort Dix Five

Shukrijumah, Adnan Gulshair El,
63
,
91–93
,
95

Siraj, Matin Shahawar,
31–32

60 Minutes
,
13

See also
media coverage of terrorism

Sleeper Cell
,
70

Smadi, Hosam,
211–213

Smith, Lamar,
227

Smith, William French,
28

social networking,
20
,
25
,
102
,
214

Somalia,
26
,
33
,
108
,
182–83
,
208

Soufan, Ali,
39
,
161

sovereign citizen movement,
27
,
230–34

See also
extremists and extremism
;
Kane, Jerry R.
;
right-wing extremism
; terrorism: domestic

Springfield, Illinois, terror plot. See
Finton, Michael

Sri Lanka,
216

Stalets, Trevor S.,
172

Stanford, R. Allen,
233

Stewart, Charles James,
84–85

Stewart International Airport terror plot.
See
Newburgh Four

Stewart, Jon,
204

See also
media coverage of terrorism

Sunshine, Edward R.,
94
,
96

surveillance,
68–69
,
75
,
104
,
213–214
,
231

See also
FBI: surveillance of Muslim communities

Syria,
94
,
106
,
120
,
131
,
137

Tabor, Michael,
213

Taliban,
172
,
212
,
223–24

Tamil Tigers,
216
,
236

Tatar, Serdar,
164–68

See also
Fort Dix Five

Tennant, George,
46

terrorism and terrorists:

attacks in the United States,
30
,
55
,
201
,
207
(
see also
September 11, 2001;
World Trade Center
);

characteristics,
30
,
31
,
43
,
54-55
,
214
,
234
,
235
(
see also
lone wolf
);

definition,
12
,
235–36
;

degree of support within U.S. Muslim communities,
209–211
;

domestic,
27
,
37
,
227–32
(
see also
extremism and extremists
;
Kane, Jerry R.
;
sovereign citizen movement
);

Department of Justice list of those prosecuted in the United States since September 11, 2001,
12–13
,
215–16
;

experts,
128–129
,
167
(
see also
Emerson, Steven
;
Katz, Rita
;
Kohlmann, Evan
);

financial incentives,
142
,
146
,
148–49
,
235
(
see also
Newburgh Four
);

groups (
see
Al Qaeda
;
Al-Shabaab
;
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
;
Hamas
;
Jaish-e-Mohammed
;
Jamaat-e-Islami
;
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen
;
Ku Klux Klan
;
Lashkar-e-Taiba
;
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
;
sovereign citizen movement
;
Taliban
;
Tamil Tigers
;
Virginia Jihad group
);

presence within the United States,
24-25
,
30-31
,
34
,
43-44
,
70-71
,
129
,
201
,
210–211
,
234

(
see also
exaggeration of terrorism threat by the U.S. government
; terrorism: domestic);

reentry into society,
88
,
203
;

sentencing:

Aref, Yassin,
131
;

Brandenburg, Clarence,
110
;

general,
197
;

Finton, Michael,
174
;

Fort Dix Five,
168
;

Hayat, Hamid,
195
;

Hossain, Mohammed,
131

Liberty City Seven,
86
;

Mandhai, Imran,
64–65
;

Mehanna, Tarek,
111
;

Mujahidh, Walli,
179

Newburgh Four,
151
;

Padilla, José,
91
;

Sabir, Rafiq,
161
;

Shah, Tarik,
161
;

Shareef, Derrick,
171
;

Siraj, Shahawar Matin,
32
;

statistics,
30
,
33–34
,
86–89
,
157
,
197–99
,
206–207
,
215
,
234–35
;

training camps,
27
,
30
,
31
,
43
,
62
,
64
,
108–109
,
137
,
161
,
194–95
,
202
;

trials:

Abdul-Latif, Abu Khalid,
178–79
;

Aref, Yassin,
127–31
;

Ferdaus, Rezwan,
175
;

Fort Dix Five,
167–68
;

general,
87–88
,
152
,
157
,
196–99
;

Hayat, Hamid,
195
;

Hayat, Umer,
195
;

Hossain, Mohammed,
127–31
;

Kohlmann, Evan,
128–131
;

Liberty City Seven,
85–86
,
203
;

Mandhai, Imran,
64–65
;

masked informant as witness,
225
;

Mehanna, Tarek,
108–111
;

Moayad, Mohammed Ali Hassan al-,
163
;

Mohammed, Khalid Shiekh,
12
,
215–16
;

Mujahidh, Walli,
178–79
;

Newburgh Four,
146
,
150–52
,
190–91
;

terrorism stings compared to drug stings,
29
,
57–58
,
206–207

Terrorist Screening Center,
103
,
105

Thomas, James Marvin, Jr.
See
Al-Akili, Khalifah

Thomas, Pierre,
211–213

See also
media coverage of terrorism

Thompson, Bennie,
227

Tidwell, J. Stephen,
51–55
,
87–88
,
191
,
205

Times Square terror plot.
See
Shahzad, Faisal

Torres, Saeed.
See
Shelby, Theodore

Townsend, Frances,
191–92

Trans-Alaska Pipeline,
10
,
13

trash covers,
42
,
101–102

See also
FBI: informant recruitment methods
;
FBI: policy

trials.
See
terrorism: trials

Trott, Stephen S.,
61

Turley, Jonathan,
128

Twitter.
See
social networking

University of California, Berkeley,
13

Virginia Jihad group,
128

Wahhaj, Siraj,
140–41

Wahid, Khurrum,
68

war on drugs,
28–29
,
57
,
206

war on terror,
11–17
,
23–27
,
33–34
,
38–55
,
136
,
201–217
,
224–27

Washington, D.C., terror plot.

See
Ahmed, Farooque

Washington Post
,
63
,
162
,
163
,
213–14

Watson, Dale,
37–38
,
47
,
70
,
156–57