On Thursday, June 22nd the FBI raided a wharehouse in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida and arrested 7 members of a quai-Muslim group who were unknowingly plotting with an undercover agent to destroy the Sears Tower in Chicago, and local federal buildings. The arrest of the group has sparked discussion about entrapment versus preemptive police work in the post-9/11 era of law enforcement.
This lens will track the progress of the trial and provide background to the case for interested citizens and especially journalists and bloggers who plan to write about the case but are not familiar with the factual details.
This lens will track the progress of the trial and provide background to the case for interested citizens and especially journalists and bloggers who plan to write about the case but are not familiar with the factual details.
Latest News on Miami Terrorist Case
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNew The Link List
- Moorish Science Temple of America
- It is believed that this is the religion the group was practicing
Narseal Batiste
Batiste is the leader of the Seeds of David. Neighbors say he wore a religious robe and carried a staff. In the indictment, the government alleges Batiste met in November 2005 to conspire with their spy, who posed as an al Qaeda representative, to attack federal buildings in Florida, and the Sears Tower in Chicago.The indictment claims Batiste laid out his plan of attack and asked the "al Qaeda representative" for supplies, including vehicles, radios, guns, uniforms, and boots. Batiste gave the agent a list of shoe sizes for the Seeds of David members, and received the boots about a week after in December of 2005. Later Batiste asked for more supplies, including binoculars, bullet proof vests, firearms, vehicles, and 50,000 in cash.
In further meetings, Batiste provided photos of some of the discussed targets and promised a ground war against America that would begin with the destruction of the Sears Tower and be greater than 9/11.
Burson Augustin
Lyglenson Lemorin
Naudimar Herrera
Herrera is also charged with transporting the al Qaeda rep and swearing an allegiance to al Qaeda
Patrick Abraham
Abraham is charged with transporting the al Queda representative to a meeting with Batiste in January of 2006, and having a seperate meeting with the rep and Batiste in February. The government also claims Abraham took an oath of loyalty to al Qeada in March 2006. Abraham also traveled with the rep to buy a memory chip for the camera that was to be used to case the federal buildings. Rotschild Augustine
Stanley Grant Phanor
Phanor is being charged with being present during a March meeting with the al Qaeda rep where the bombing of the Sears Tower was being discussed. The indictment also lists him as one of the group members who swore an oath to al Qaeda. 
