LI terrorist: LIRR knowledge came from riding it
Photo credit: Newsday File Photo, 2006 / Jim Peppler | Authorities said Bryant Neal Vinas pleaded guilty to using "specialized knowledge" of the LIRR to help al-Qaida. (Newsday File Photo, 2006 / Jim Peppler)
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Feds: LI man joins al-Qaida
Bryant Vinas, the Long Islander who admitted plotting with al-Qaida, told a federal judge in January that he used nothing more than information gained as a frequent rider to help the terror group plan a bomb attack on the Long Island Rail Road.
The statement, contained in a transcript of Vinas' guilty plea that was released late Thursday, cast in a less threatening light federal prosecutors'...
