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September 29, 2011

Massachusetts Man Accused of Plot to Attack Pentagon, Capitol 
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A Massachusetts physics graduate has been arrested on charges of
planning to build explosives-laden drones to attack the Pentagon and the
U.S. Capitol. The FBI says Rezwan Ferdaus conducted detailed
surveillance to map out the attack and acquired a small aircraft as part
of his plan to carry it out. The plot would have marked the first time
that militants deployed the drone technology used by the United States
to strike targets in foreign countries for an attack on the United
States. Ferdaus was caught with the help of undercover agents posing as
al Qaeda operatives who gave him with the money to buy the drones, a
tactic that has led to allegations of entrapment from defense attorneys
in previous cases.



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