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FBI accused of entrapment in plot to bomb U.S. capitol
American Thinker
Rick Moran
The father of a 20-year-old man accused of plotting to plant pipe bombs at the U.S. capitol and use an automatic weapon to kill Capitol employees is charging the FBI with trying to entrap his son.
The suspect, 20-year-old Christopher Cornell, indicated on Twitter that he was a supporter of the Islamic State.
John Cornell, the suspect’s father, said he thought his son “was coerced into a lot of this.”
“There is no way he could have carried out any kind of terrorist plot,” John Cornell said.
Really? The facts – if true – tell a different story:
Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati researched the construction of pipe bombs, purchased a semi-automatic rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition and made plans to travel to Washington to carry out the plot, according to an FBI informant’s legal testimony.
Court documents showed that Cornell indicated on Twitter that he supported the Islamic State group under the alias Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/01/fbi_accused_of_entrapment_in_plot_to_bomb_us_capitol.html#ixzz3OtsN9Nnj
