In closing arguments after a six-week trial in which four men are accused of planning terror attacks, Southern District Assistant U.S. Attorney David Raskin yesterday attacked the defendants’ entrapment defense head on by telling the jury that the men, who were caught in a government sting, were more than ready to bomb synagogues and shoot down military cargo planes in 2009, whether or not confidential informant Shahed Hussain was willing to provide the means.
Holding up two bricks of phony C-4 explosive with wires attached, Mr. Raskin said the defendants appeared in surveillance videos as entirely too comfortable handling the bombs to be seen as entrapped innocents victimized by a paid FBI informant, as the defense claims.
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