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Four black muslim men sit in federal prisons for plotting to blow up synagogues. Dec 12, 2011 newburgh four member james cromitie is led away by police. The newburgh sting hbo documentary films drawing on a trove of covert fbi video footage, this wellargued doc offers a spirited defense of four men charged in 2009 with plotting to blow up air. Just 60 miles north of new york city sits the povertystricken town of newburgh, where, in 2009, four men were lured by a shady pakistani man into a plot to bomb jewish centres in the bronx. Newburgh white pages phone books in new york ny whitepages. But once the men were on board, their leader, who doubled as an fbi undercover agent, led them straight to the authorities. The film was also screened before a closed briefing of the us senate and at the cato institute in conjunction with presentations by human rights watch and the aclu. The newburgh sting has had a substantial impact through an extensive screening campaign across the country at law schools, community centers and with muslim advocacy groups. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. In particular, it seeks outline a blueprint for how muslim american communities from a muslim american perspective can be an asset to national security. Breaking news the newburgh sting, a startling expose of a. The newburgh sting, on hbo, about bronx bomb plot the. However, without the informant driving the action in newburgh, the plot ran aground.
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