Air Force One, New York Flyover Photos

Air Force One Flyover of NYC:

New York City Flight Authorization (Manifest)

New York City Flyover Photos (6MB) 

New York City Flyover Supporting Documents - Part 1 (125MB)

New York City Flyover Supporting Documents - Part 2 (119MB)

Labels: Air-Force-One, INTELFILES

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Full Text Indictment of Daniel Patrick Boyd

Below is the indictment for the alleged North Carolina Jihad cell consisting of Daniel Patrick Boyd, Hysen Sherifi, Anes Subasic, Zakariya Boyd, Dylan Boyd, Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan and Ziyad Yaghi.

Full text of indictment

Labels: American-Jihadists, Daniel-Patrick-Boyd

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Bryant Neal Vinas Confession

In the fall of 2007, I left my home in Long Island to travel to Pakistan with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight American soldiers in Afghanistan. When I arrived in Pakistan, I made contact with and was accepted into al-Qaeda, a jihadist group that I knew to be responsible for attacks against the United States, including suicide bombings targeting civilians.

As a member of al-Qaeda, I received training in courses in general combat and explosives. During my time in al-Qaeda, I took part, at the direction of al-Qaeda leaders, in two missions in September 2008 in which we agreed and planned to attack a United States military base near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The first attack failed and we had to abort the mission before firing on the base, but a few days later, I took part in firing rockets at an American military base. Although we intended to hit the military base and kill American soldiers, I was informed that the rockets missed and the attack failed.

Finally, during my time with al-Qaeda, I consulted with a senior al-Qaeda leader and provided detailed information about the operation of the Long Island Rail Road system which I knew because I had ridden the railroad on many occasions. The purpose of providing this information was to help plan a bomb attack of the Long Island Rail Road system.

Full transcript

Labels: American-Al-Qaeda, American-Jihadists, Bryant-Neal-Vinas

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Bryant Neal Vinas Indictment and Transcripts

From the L.A. Times:

An American Muslim convert from Long Island, N.Y., who was captured while fighting for Al Qaeda in Pakistan is now cooperating with authorities, opening a rare window into the world of Western militants in the network's hide-outs, U.S. and European anti-terrorism officials said.

Bryant Neal Vinas, 26, is one of the few Americans known to have made the trek to Al Qaeda's secret Pakistani compounds, the officials said.

Vinas has admitted to meeting Al Qaeda chiefs and giving them information for a potential attack on New York commuter trains, conversations that resulted in a public alert in November, said the officials, who requested anonymity because the case was ongoing.

Here are the key court documents in the Vinas case:

All documents

November 14, 2008, First indictment

November 22, 2008, Court transcript

January 28, 2009, Superseding indictment

January 28, 2009, Court transcript

July 22, 2009, Order to unseal

Labels: American-Al-Qaeda, American-Jihadists, Bryant-Neal-Vinas

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FBI Investigation of Edward Said, 1 of 4

This is the first of four installments.

7/21/1972, FBI Letterhead Memorandum, opening investigation of Edward Said

10/30/1972, FBI Memorandum, Summary of Investigation, Edward Said

10/30/1972, FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Lead Sheet and Attached Biographical Data, Edward Said

10/31/1972, FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Requesting phone records for Edward Said

12/14/1972, FBI Letterhead Memorandum, Edward Said, Boston investigation and news story

12/14/1972, FBI Memorandum, INS Query, Edward Said

11/15/1974, FBI Case File, Edward Said passport photo

05/17/1982, FBI Teletype, Edward Said linked to terrorism investigation

08/28/1991, FBI Memorandum, Edward Said, Classified SECRET/NOFORN, mostly redacted

Labels: Edward-Said, FBI, INTELFILES

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Oussama Ziade Indictment

Prosecutors this week arrested Oussama Ziade, former CEO of Ptech, a firm based in Quincy, Massachusetts. Ptech's biggest investor was Yassin Al Kadi (sometimes spelled Al Qadi), an alleged terrorist financier. This sealed indictment was filed in 2005 and was unsealed this week.

7/27/2005: Indictment of Oussama Ziade

Labels: American-Jihadists, Boston, Oussama-Ziade

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Aafia Siddiqui Psych Evaluation

Psychiatric evaluation of Aafia Siddiqi (See AP story)

Grand Jury Indictment of Aafia Siddiqui

Prosecutor's Letter to Judge re: Aafia Siddiqui Competency

Labels: Aafia-Siddiqui, INTELFILES

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