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NY synagogue bomb plot 'a setup'

June 24, 2010 14:23
A courtroom sketch of three of the four terror suspects with their lawyer

ByPaul Berger, Paul Berger

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Four Muslim converts accused of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down US military planes could be freed in a matter of weeks.

The trial of the men, from Newburgh, New York, stalled last week after prosecutors released a report by a federal agent saying that the men never posed a threat.

Judge Colleen McMahon berated prosecutors for not releasing the information earlier and ordered federal lawyers to scour records for similar documents, a process prosecutors say could take months.

The four men, James Cromitie, 44, Onta Williams, 32, David Williams, 28, and Laguerre Payen, 27, were arrested last May.