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The Terror Plot Against JFK

Steve Scott

Monday, June 11th, 2007

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Keeping An Ear Out For Trouble The grandiose but poorly conceived plan of a four-man terrorist cell to blow up the fuel pipelines running into JFK Airport was recently nipped in the bud, with security consequences still rippling across airports everywhere. The plotters included an ex-JFK cargo-handler and a former member of Guyana's parliament. "The plot was foiled with the help of an informant who recorded conversations with the suspects, some as recent as last month," said a U.S. government…

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