From left to right, these mugshot photos provided on Saturday, May 19, 2012 by the Chicago Police Department shows Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla., Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H., and Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Defense attorney claims these 3 were making beer with Molotov cocktails.
Police: 3 terror suspects at NATO summit were plotting to hit Obama’s campaign HQs
Defense calls accusations ‘propaganda’
Three men charged with conspiring to commit domestic terrorism during the NATO summit were plotting to attack President Obama’s Chicago campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor’s home and police stations, authorities said Saturday.
A police investigation that began early this month revealed that the three suspects are “self-proclaimed anarchists” and members of the “Black Bloc” group who traveled together from Florida to Chicago to commit violence as a protest against the NATO summit, authorities said in a statement.
The three men were planning to destroy police cars and attack four Chicago Police Department district stations with destructive devices as a way to undermine police response to other planned actions at the NATO summit, according to a statement by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
Downtown Chicago financial institutions were also among the proposed targets, authorities said.
An Illinois judge set bail at $1.5 million for each of the three suspects.
In court, prosecutors accused the three men of “preparing for violence and destruction,” such as stockpiling Molotov cocktails and other weapons, and planning attacks on police.
But the defense called those accusations “propaganda” and contended authorities “infiltrated” a peaceful group and set up the three men.
Brian Church, Jared Chase and Brent Betterly — all described as “out-of-state men” — were charged with criminal acts relating to terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and possession of explosives, the Cook County State’s Attorney office said.
The judge set the three defendants’ next court date for Tuesday.
On Sunday, NATO kicks off its two-day summit in Chicago, and the war in Afghanistan is expected to dominate discussions. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Zardari are both expected to attend the meeting.
NATO leaders are currently on a timetable to withdraw all of the alliance’s combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014.
Truth or propaganda?
Two more suspects arrested in alleged NATO terror plot
By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 12:37 PM EDT, Sun May 20, 2012
Chicago (CNN) — Two more suspects have been charged in connection with an alleged terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, bringing the total to five, prosecutors said Sunday.
Authorities previously charged three men, saying they planned to target President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and several other law enforcement and financial sites.
Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of Chicago, is charged with falsely making a terrorist threat, the Illinois state’s attorney’s office said in a statement Sunday. Mark Neiweem, 28, also believed to be from Chicago, is charged with attempted possession of explosives or incendiary devices.
It was not immediately known whether the two have an attorney. They were scheduled to appear in court Sunday.
A lawyer representing the other three men charged in the alleged plot has called the accusations against them “propagnda” and said authoriteis “infiltrated” a peaceful group and set up the three.
A police probe that began early this month revealed the three suspects are “self-proclaimed anarchists” and members of the “Black Bloc” group who traveled together from Florida to Chicago to commit violence as a protest against the NATO summit, authorities said in a statement.
“Black Bloc” was the group blamed for violence that occurred in recent “Occupy” protests, such as in Rome last year when anarchists in ski masks torched cars and clashed with police and even other Occupy protesters.
The three men were planning to destroy police cars and attack four Chicago police district stations with destructive devices as a way to undermine police response to other planned actions at the NATO summit, according to a statement by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Downtown Chicago financial institutions were also among the proposed targets, authorities said.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/us/nato-terror-suspects/
CNN -Looking for photos, but no doubt who are the TRUE American faces of DOMESTIC TERRORISM
Two more suspects have been charged as part of a group accused of being involved in a terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, prosecutors said Sunday. A total of five people have been charged. Prosecutors say the men planned to target President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and several other law enforcement and financial sites.
and they poo-pooed that document by Homeland Security about domestic terrorism.
THIS is the face of terrorism that scares me.
Abed and Adbul don’t scare me.
They can poo poo it all they like, We know white militia, Neo-Nazi, and gun-toting crazies are the REAL DOMESTIC TERRORIST.