Update on the New York City Terror Threat

The World

After an elaborate sting operation by the FBI, four men were arrested in an alleged plot to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and to use Stinger missiles against military planes at Stewart Air Force base in Newburgh, New York. In our continuing coverage of the plot, we turn to Bob Ayers, a defense and security expert.

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