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A judge called an FBI operative a 'villain.' Ruling comes too late for 2 convicted in terror sting

Aug. 08, 2023 09:37 AM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In a scathing ruling last month, a judge said the FBI had used a ”villain” of an informant to manipulate a group of Muslim men into going along with a fictitious plot to destroy military planes and synagogues in New York City's suburbs. She ordered three released from...

Judge orders release of 3 of 'Newburgh Four' and assails FBI's role in a post-9/11 terror sting

Jul. 28, 2023 00:53 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Three men convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting have been ordered freed from prison by a judge who deemed their lengthy sentences “unduly harsh and unjust” and decried the FBI's role in radicalizing them in a plot to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down National Guard...