Optimum News 12 Newsday.com MSG Varsity Explore LI AM New York Optimum Autos Optimum Homes

U.S. terror attack was averted -- this time

An undated Twitter profile picture, left, allegedly shows

Photo credit: AFP PHOTO / TWITTER ; Getty Images | An undated Twitter profile picture, left, allegedly shows Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, from Bangladesh, who was arrested in New York for trying to detonate what he believed was a 1,000 pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York building in Lower Manhattan, Department of Justice officials said. (Oct. 17, 2012)

This is the way it's supposed to work.

The would-be terrorist is discovered early in his plotting. His schemes are recorded every step of the way. His bomb's a phony. His cohorts are on the FBI payroll. Evil as his motives appear to be, the public is never in danger from beginning to end.

And now, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the accused Federal Reserve bomb plotter, stands charged...

Content Preview This content is exclusive for Newsday digital access and 7-day home delivery subscribers and Optimum Online customers.

Already
registered?
Log in
Already a
subscriber/customer?
Register
Get a 4-week trial for $1
Subscribe