Osama Eldawoody
Osama Eldawoody is a US citizen with a self-proclaimed nuclear engineering degree who has worked as a paid New York City Police Department informant to work undercover in Mosques in the New York metropolitan area. In 2004, his work broke up an alleged terrorist plot by Shahawar Matin Siraj and James Elshafay to blow up the 34th Street–Herald Square station of the New York City Subway, and the Macy's Herald Square Department Store, one of the largest in the world. Court documents and statements from Siraj were inconsistent with Eldawoody's testimony.[1] However, in both instances, his methodology were reported to include entrapping the potential "terrorists" with aggressive and misleading tactics. Some have claimed he created the terrorist plots himself to entrap young and vulnerable people in order to get the FBI and NYPD payments and recognition, and that there were no credible terrorist threats to begin with.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ * "Band of brothers.(United States v. Shahawar Matin Siraj)". Harper's Magazine. October 1, 2006. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- "Terror Informant Seeks Sen. Clinton Help". Associated Press. September 13, 2006. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- Shulman, Robin (May 29, 2007). "The Informer: Behind the Scenes, or Setting the Stage?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- Hays, Tom (September 14, 2006). "Letter to Clinton may affect terrorism case". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- "Would-Be NYC Subway Bomber Faces Prison". Associated Press. January 7, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- Hays, Tom (May 25, 2006). "Pakistani immigrant guilty in subway bomb plot". Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- "Would-Be NY Subway Bomber Gets 30 Years". Associated Press. January 9, 2007. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- Rashbaum, William K. (May 26, 2006). "Pakistani is convicted in N.Y. subway bomb plot". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- Wolff, Carlo (December 16, 2007). "A hard look at the state of American justice". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- Pipes, Daniel (September 16, 2011). "New York's anti-terror example". Chicago Jewish Star. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ^ Ali, Rozina (2021-04-15). "The 'Herald Square Bomber' Who Wasn't". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
External links
[edit]- CBS News story, September 14, 2006
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