Federal officials say the public was never in danger in a Massachusetts man’s alleged plot to blow up the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled model airplanes filled with explosives, but that the intent was very real.
The explosives delivered to Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen of South Asian background, were always closely monitored during an FBI sting operation, according to the Justice Department. The 26-year-old was arrested Wednesday and accused of planning the terror plot, as well as attempting to assist Al Qaeda in attacking U.S. troops overseas.
