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Attorney for accused 'cannibal cop' tries to establish fantasy talk

Accused quot;cannibal copquot; Gilberto Valle, seen in a

Photo credit: AP | Accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle, seen in a courtroom sketch seated second from right, listens to testimony. Valle, 28, a six-year NYPD veteran, is charged with conspiring in Internet chats and emails with three men to abduct, sexually abuse and eat women, and with misusing a police database. (Feb. 25, 2013)

Accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle scheduled as many as three different kidnappings for the same week last February in Internet chats that the government contends were all part of real plots and not merely fantasy role-playing, an FBI agent said on cross examination Thursday.

The questioning about the purported plots near Feb. 20 -- none of which actually happened -- marked the latest effort...

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