James Cromitie was convicted in 2010 after FBI invented a conspiracy to attack synagogues and military planes
A man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidential informant for an agency-invented conspiracy to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down national guard planes.
The US district judge Colleen McMahon on Friday granted James Cromitie, 58, compassionate release from prison six months after she ordered the release of his three co-defendants, known as the Newburgh Four, for similar reasons.
The four men from the small river city 60 miles north of New York City were convicted of terrorism charges in 2010.
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Is this the one where the fbi planned a terrorist attack for them and then arrested them for being terrorists? Or is that too general of a question now?
You just described approximately 95% of all post-9/11 FBI terrorism cases, as well as the Michigan Governor’s “attempted kidnapping”.
Nearly half those “involved” were FBI informants…
https://theintercept.com/2022/03/09/fbi-terrorism-gretchen-whitmer-trial/
