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   From: impeach_obama@yahoo.com   
      
   OAKLAND, CA— Federal agents arrested Matthew Aaron Llaneza, age   
   28, of San Jose, California, this morning after he allegedly   
   attempted to detonate a vehicle-borne explosive device at a bank   
   branch in Oakland.   
      
   Llaneza’s arrest was the culmination of an undercover operation   
   during which he was closely monitored by the FBI’s South Bay   
   Joint Terrorism Task Force. Unbeknownst to Llaneza, the   
   explosive device that he allegedly attempted to use had been   
   rendered inoperable by law enforcement and posed no threat to   
   the public. Llaneza was charged this morning by criminal   
   complaint with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction   
   against property used in an activity that affects interstate or   
   foreign commerce.   
      
   The arrest was announced by Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the   
   Northern District of California; Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney   
   General for National Security; and FBI Special Agent in Charge,   
   San Francisco Field Office, David J. Johnson.   
      
   According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal   
   complaint, on November 30, 2012, Llaneza met with a man who led   
   him to believe he was connected with the Taliban and the   
   mujahidin in Afghanistan. In reality, this man was an undercover   
   FBI agent. At this initial meeting, Llaneza proposed conducting   
   a car-bomb attack against a bank in the San Francisco Bay Area.   
   He proposed structuring the attack to make it appear that the   
   responsible party was an umbrella organization for a loose   
   collection of anti-government militias and their sympathizers.   
   Llaneza’s stated goal was to trigger a governmental crackdown,   
   which he expected would trigger a right-wing counter-response   
   against the government followed by, he hoped, civil war.   
      
   The complaint further alleges that Llaneza subsequently selected   
   the Bank of America branch at 303 Hegenberger Road in Oakland as   
   the target for the attack. Llaneza ultimately specified a spot   
   next to a support column of the bank building as a good location   
   for the bomb, expressed a desire for the bomb to bring down the   
   entire bank building, and offered to drive the car bomb to the   
   bank at the time of the attack.   
      
   According to the complaint, in January and February 2013,   
   Llaneza and the undercover agent constructed the purported   
   explosive device inside a sport utility vehicle (SUV) parked   
   inside a storage facility in Hayward, California. As part of the   
   process of assembling the device, Llaneza purchased two cell   
   phones to be used in creating and operating the trigger device   
   for the car bomb. One of these cell phones was incorporated into   
   the trigger device itself. The other was reserved for use on the   
   night of the attack.   
      
   The criminal complaint alleges that on the evening of February   
   7, 2013, Llaneza drove the SUV containing the purported   
   explosive device to the target bank branch in Oakland. He parked   
   the SUV beneath an overhang of the bank building where he armed   
   the trigger device. He then proceeded on foot to a nearby   
   location a safe distance from the bank building, where he met   
   the undercover agent. Once there, Llaneza attempted to detonate   
   the bomb by using the second cell phone he had purchased to   
   place two calls to the trigger device attached to the car bomb.   
   Federal agents then arrested him.   
      
   Llaneza made his initial appearance in federal court in Oakland   
   this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. The   
   defendant’s next scheduled appearance is at 9:30 a.m. on   
   February 13, 2013, for a bail hearing before Judge Ryu. If   
   convicted on the charge contained in the criminal complaint, he   
   faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.   
      
   The case is being prosecuted by the Special Prosecutions and   
   National Security Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office   
   for the Northern District of California. The prosecution is the   
   result of an investigation by the FBI’s San Jose Resident   
   Agency, with the assistance of the FBI San Francisco Joint   
   Terrorism Task Force, the California Highway Patrol, the San   
   Jose Police Department, the Oakland Police Department, the   
   Hayward Police Department, and the Union City Police Department.   
      
   The charges contained in the criminal complaint are mere   
   allegations. As in any criminal case, the defendant is presumed   
   innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.   
      
   http://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2013/federal-   
   agents-arrest-man-after-he-attempts-to-bomb-bank-in-oakland   
      
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