Attempt to Attack the Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield, Illinois

By: Madeleine Gruen

• On September 23, 2009, Michael C. Finton (a.k.a. Talib Islam) attempted to detonate what he believed to be one (1) ton of explosives packed in a van which he parked outside of the Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield, Illinois.

• Finton believed he was working with an Al‐Qaida operative who had arranged for the fabrication of the explosive device. Finton attempted to detonate the “device” using a cell phone from a remote location.

• Attack planning and operations were controlled by the Springfield, Illinois JTTF, who had been monitoring Finton for more than 18 months.

• Finton was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 8th for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against property owned and used by the United States.

• At the time of publication of this report, a trial date has not been set.

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