While there was good work here, I still get concerned
about seeing Donut shops & Minature Golf Courses
being added to target lists.

-Mike H.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3238385

Feds Claim to Bust N.Y. Airport Terror Plot
Former Airport Cargo Worker Allegedly Plotted to Bomb Fuel
Lines at JFK Airport in N.Y.
By BRIAN ROSS, PIERRE THOMAS, RICHARD ESPOSITO and JACK DATE

June 2, 2007 —

Authorities have arrested a former cargo worker at John
F. Kennedy Airport in New York City who allegedly
recruited an FBI informant to help blow up jet fuel tanks
and a fuel pipeline at the airport, law enforcement
officials told ABC News.

Two additional arrestes were made in Trinidad, a law
enforcement source said. A source identified the suspect
arrested in the United States as Russell Defreitas.

The plotters had "indirect" links to overseas terror
elements and the plot had links to Guyana, Trinidad and
possibly Germany, a source said.

Officials viewed the alleged plotters as a credible threat,
but sources said they apparently did not have the technical
savvy to carry out the plot.

The planning for the plot was said to be going on for two
to three years but sources claim the alleged plotters were
nowhere near any ability to put it into place.

One official said the plan "was not technically feasible."
Officials added that the alleged plotters had no explosives
and had not yet figured out a way to get some.

The pipeline snakes more than 100 miles from Pennsylvania
through New Jersey to JFK. Once they learned of the plot,
authorities investigated at what points the pipeline could
be accessed and found that even if those points were bombed,
there would be little to no impact -- and no ignition --
and that the only way to wreak havoc at JFK would be to
detonate bombs at the airport itself.

But, a source said, "They never let go of the idea," and
seemed determined to find a way to execute it regardless.

The former cargo worker, originally from Guyana,
apparently Defreitas, had been under surveillance and
allegedly met with a radical group in Trinidad, sources
say.

Sources said that the plotters several times mentioned
the name "Adnan," and Trinidad and Guyana. That may suggest
a link with Adnan Shukrijumah, the son of the imam at the
mosque where some of the 9/11 plotters worshipped,
although authorities were never able to prove or disprove
a link to him.

Shukrijumah, a Saudi, left the United States shortly
before 9/11. Shukrijumah is considered extremely dangerous
by the FBI and has a $5 million bounty on his head. He's
known to travel on a Guyanese passport and a Trinidadian
one as well.

However, A FBI spokesperson in Miami said the squad assigned
to Shukrijumah was aware of the case but found "no
connection" to the wanted al Qaeda figure. He is believed to
be with top al Qaeda leaders along the Pakistan-Afghanistan
border, the FBI spokesperson said.

The investigation was made public and an arrest was made
when one suspect was about to leave jurisdictions where
U.S. authorities had the ability to monitor his activities.

The FBI was expected to provide more details during an
afternoon press conference.