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Tennessee man plotted to blow up power plant with drone, federal authorities say
The Justice Department (DOJ) announced charges against a Tennessee man on Monday for a plot to destroy a Nashville energy facility. Skyler Philippi, of Columbia, Tenn., spent months in ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes
Western security officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes bound for North America, including one that caught fire at a courier hub in Germany ...World - ABC News - November 5 -
‘Fat Leonard’ gets 15 years for plotting one of the US military’s biggest scandals
Leonard Francis also ordered to pay $20m restitution to the navy, after pleading guilty to bribery and fraud. Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced ...World - The Guardian - November 5 -
Military officials reportedly discuss how to handle illegal orders from Trump – live
Pentagon officials discuss what to do if Trump were to attempt to deploy the military domestically, CNN reports. Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s delay in exiting race blew Democrats’ chances ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump
A prominent Iranian American human rights activist has expressed shock but also defiance about Iranian murder-for-hire plots to kill her and Donald Trump that were disclosed by the U.S. Justice ...World - ABC News - November 9 -
Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the mastermind of a failed bomb plot during anti-government protests in December 2019 to nearly 24 years in jailWorld - ABC News - November 14 -
Operation False Target: How Russia plotted to mix a deadly new weapon among decoy drones in Ukraine
At a secretive factory in Russia’s central grasslands, engineers are manufacturing hundreds of decoy drones meant to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses as they try to protect against a horrific new ...World - ABC News - November 16 -
Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler
Tehran alleged to have targeted retired politician, 84, who is also human rights activist and critic of Iran. Canadian authorities foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate a former justice ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Police arrest ex-Bolsonaro aide, four others, in alleged plot to kill Brazil’s Lula in coup
The arrests were the first time in the investigation that federal police mentioned a plot to kill Lula and Geraldo Alckmin, his vice-presidential choice, and stage a coup to stop him returning to ...Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Brazil police arrest 5 officers over alleged coup plot, plans to kill President Lula
Brazil's federal police have arrested five officers accused of plotting a coup that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill then-President-elect Luiz Inácio ...World - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win
Four military personnel and a police agent held on suspicion of plan to prevent inauguration of president . Brazil’s federal police have arrested four special forces military personnel and one of ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Brazil arrests five military and police officers over alleged plot to kill Lula
Federal police say group had eyed killings of then president-elect along with his deputy and a supreme court judgeWorld - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
Jan. 6 rioter is convicted of plotting to murder FBI agents who investigated him
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who was among the first rioters to breach the U.S.Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago -
FBI arrests homeless Florida man in alleged plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange
A homeless Florida man was arrested Wednesday for an alleged plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, according to a criminal complaint.Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago