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I saw the headline on Drudge Report. \u201cMan plotting holiday terror attack against Illinois mall arrested\u201d, it said. An early MSNBC news report (I think Pete Williams broke the story) said that the man was a \u201clone wolf.\u201d Then I returned to Drudge. His blurb referred to the accused as \u201cDerrick Shareef.\u201d Minutes later, the site was updated, now referring to the individual as \u201cTalib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef.\u201d Fortunately, Drudge also provided a link to the affidavit<\/a>, which is a lucid, revealing document.<\/p>\n First, it refers to the accused as \u201cDerrick Shareef,\u201d and states he is also known as, \u201cTalib Abu Salam Ibn Shareef.\u201d He is subsquently referred to as \u201cShareef\u201d \u2013 as in \u201cDerrick Shareef.\u201d Drudge, unlike Fox News<\/a>, saw it better fit choose the secondary name for the accused, not the primary name used by the FBI agent and affidavit author, Jared Ruddy. Why? Most likely because it appears more \u201cIslamic.\u201d The primary name makes the individual, an African American, seem like too familiar, or even like a professional athlete. The secondary name makes him seem more like a terrorist. It makes the story \u2018sexier\u2019. Shareef is not simply a big-talking, angry and anti-Semitic criminal, according to Drudge\u2019s framing of the story; no, despite being a \u201clone-wolf style terrorist,\u201d Drudge suggests that the accused is part of the \u2018global jihad\u2019 against America.<\/p>\n Next, the affidavit provides much of the background for how Shareef became a concern for the FBI. There are also glaring gaps in it.<\/p>\n It states:<\/p>\n \u201cBeginning in September 2006, SHAREEF became acquainted with an individual in Rockford, Illinois. During the course of their acquaintance, SHAREEF advised this individual that he (SHAREEF) wanted to commit acts of violent jihad against targets in the United States as well as commit other crimes in order to obtain funds to further his (SHAREEF\u2019s) goals of violent jihad. Unbeknownst to SHAREEF, his acquaintance (\u201cCS\u201d) was cooperating with the FBI. [FN1: The CS has provided credible and reliable information to FBI in the past which has been corroborated through various means including surveillance and the review of taped conversations.] During their acquaintance, SHAREEF advises the CS that he (SHAREEF) wanted to obtain weapons to commit violent jihad. The CS advised SHAREEF that he (the CS) had a friend who was able to obtain weapons and that he (the CS) would introduce SHAREEF to the friend. In fact, the CS\u2019s purported friend was an undercover law enforcement agent (\u201cUCA\u201d).\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The document is an affidavit, not a novel, but it jumps from the emergence of an acquaintanceship between the accused and the \u201cconfidential source\u201d (identified as \u201cCS\u201d) to Shareef mentioning to CS his alleged desire to commit \u201cacts of violent jihad against targets in the United States\u201d and do some other crimes to support his primary goal. Those crimes, by the way, are never mentioned. It then says that Shareef didn\u2019t know that CS \u201cwas cooperating with the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n The affidavit strongly suggests that CS was an FBI informant (or whatever his status is with the FBI or law enforcement) prior to when Shareef allegedly told him (CS) of his terror plans, and possibly even before he met Shareef.<\/p>\n It begets many questions.<\/p>\n Who is CS? How and why did he meet Shareef? Is CS an FBI informant? Is this the only case on which he has helped the FBI? Or does he have a broader relationship with it?<\/p>\n What are his links to the Muslim community in Rockford, IL? Is he even a Muslim? What is his ethnic background? African American, Arab, White, or South Asian?<\/p>\n How and why did he come into contact with Shareef? Did their acquaintanceship begin without links to the FBI, or was CS\u2019s befriending of Shareef precipitated solely by interest in Shareef as a potential terrorist? Was CS \u2018fishing\u2019 for \u2018terrorists\u2019 and saw Shareef responsive to his bait? Or did federal authorities alert CS to Shareef, and make specific requests for him to engage with the latter? If Shareef was on the FBI\u2019s radar prior to CS\u2019s meeting with him, then why and how?<\/p>\n Again, what is CS\u2019s relationship with the local Muslim community? Is he a regular community member? A leader? Or an outlier\/someone brought in from elsewhere tasked with \u2018fishing\u2019 for potential \u2018terrorists\u2019 in the local Muslim community? If so, do similar programs exist elswhere?<\/p>\n Was CS\u2019s role in this matter preventative or productive? In other words, was his task to seek out those intent on murdering innocent Americans, or to help surface latent or semi-latent inclinations toward supporting, calling for, and\/or plotting terror? Was CS an informant or an agent provacateur?<\/p>\n Continuing with the affidavit\u2019s narrative, Shareef tells CS that he wants weapons to commit terror. CS tells him that he will hook him up with his friend, a \u2018dealer\u2019. The dealer, or \u201cCS\u2019s purported friend\u201d is actually an undercover law enforcement agent (UCA).<\/p>\n More questions<\/b><\/p>\n Why did Shareef talk to CS about his alleged desire to \u201ccommit acts of violent jihad against targets in the United States?\u201d How did this conversation come about? What precipitated it? Who initiated it? Shareef or CS? Was it the product of related conversation matter between Shareef and CS? Were they, for example, talking about the conditions of Muslims in the U.S. or around the world? Did CS do anything to steer the conversation in this direction, to produce these remarks from Shareef? Was this intentional or not? Why would Shareef say something like this to CS? What was so special about CS that Shareef decided to tell him about his alleged desire to commit acts of terror? Did Shareef speak to some\/many\/all people in this manner? Or did he see CS as potentially being particularly receptive to such an idea? Did CS intentionally work to cultivate this impression? What was the specific context of Shareef\u2019s comments? Would they have occured without perhaps CS making some essential pre-comments?<\/p>\n Next, the affidavit states that in a subsequent recorded conversation in November 2006\ufffdsuggesting that the initial conversation(s) were not recorded, and that, some time from September to November, it was decided that conversations with Shareef should be taped\ufffdthat CS brought up with Shareef the issue of his (Shareef\u2019s) alleged earlier comments.<\/p>\n CS says to Shareef, \u201cwhen you were talking to me earlier, you seemed really upset.\u201d Shareef responds, \u201cI was already upset from previous things.\u201d CS replies, \u201cSo, what do you want to do?<\/i> I was thinking about it upstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n Questions. Very interesting. It is CS who brings up the previous conversation. He describes Shareef as being \u201creally upset\u201d then, meaning he is not upset now. Shareef says that he was \u201calready upset from previous things.\u201d What \u201cprevious things?\u201d Personal? Political? Religious? At this point, we\u2019re in some ambiguous territory. It is unclear as to whether CS is trying to reveal not-so-latent inclinations toward terror in Shareef, or whether he is actively involved in the production of Shareef as a terror plotter.<\/p>\n Shareef continues. Then Shareef allegedly replies to CS\u2019s question asking what he wants to do, \u201cA target?\u2026I want some type of city hall-type stuff right now, federal court houses.\u201d What the? Is he talking about real estate investment? What does he mean by \u201cright now?\u201d He\u2019s in the mood for bombing city hall-type places now? Maybe a town hall-type place another day?<\/p>\n CS replies, \u201cI didn\u2019t know how serious you are, \u2019cause I gotta know\u2026\u201d In addition to reminding Shareef about his previous angry expression of violent intentions, CS states that Shareef\u2019s \u201cserious[ness]\u201d, i.e. dedication, perhaps even piety, hasn\u2019t been established. He\u2019s asking him for evidence. He says he\u2019s \u201cgotta know.\u201d<\/p>\n And so Shareef then gets more aggressive. He says:<\/p>\n No, hell no, I don\u2019t talk calm when it comes to this. I\u2019m talking about stuff that\u2019s like, \u2026\u2019cause man the courthouse in DeKalb where I be going every month them niggers do weak as hell. You go in there and you clock the first three niggers at the door that they got, and you up in there, you know what I\u2019m saying? And everything else is gonna have to be tactical. But when you dealing with stuff like that, the courthouse, there\u2019s always a PD [police department] right down the block. Know what I\u2019m saying? I just want to smoke a judge.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The anger allegedly expressed the other day returns. And it is precipitated \ufffd in fact, seems to be goaded on \ufffd by CS. Though, if accurate, Shareef\u2019s words reveal what he is: a thug. He visits the courthouse every month. Why? He regularly volunteers for jury duty? I can hear Warren G\u2019s remake of \u201cI Shot the Sherriff\u201d playing in the background. Shareef is a criminal who wants to \u201csmoke a judge\u201d and \u201cclick the first three niggers at the [courthouse] door.\u201d His reason for wanting to target the courthouse? Not sure. Perhaps it has to do with him being required to visit it regularly. Is Shareef a parolee? His comments reflect an anger at the judicial system and the strong possibility that he has been punished by it.<\/p>\n After getting Shareef riled up, CS then asks Shareef, \u201cWhen you wanna plan on doing this? Because we have to make specific plans and dates, time.\u201d We are on our way out of ambiguous territory. What is CS doing? Is he trying to gage whether Shareef will follow through with the \u201cplans\u201d he allegedly expressed earlier and get as many details as possible? Or is he helping organize and direct Shareef\u2019s angry, bombastic, and random statements? If so, why?<\/p>\n Shareef follows, \u201cWell, I wanna case one first, we can case one when you get the car back.\u201d What car? Apparently, CS had a car, while Shareef seems to be carless and dependent on CS.<\/p>\n Then, CS asks again about a time frame. Shareef\ufffdhe\u2019s speaking in November, btw\ufffdsays, \u201cI like the holiday season.\u201d He speaks not with a sense of mission as much as a sense of a luxury of choices. His preferences are important, or he feels it to be critical that he express his \u201cplans\u201d in the form of preferences. If you recall, Shareef says, that he \u201cwant[s] some type of city hall-type stuff right now,\u201d and that he \u201cwant[s] to smoke a judge.\u201d And so he \u201clike[s] the holiday season\u201d as well. Shareef is being passive at this point. He is expressing random preferences in response to the directional questioning of CS. At this point, Shareef isn\u2019t taking the lead, stating objectives, evaluating targets, and detailing tactics on his own.<\/p>\n On his own, Shareef lacks focus. He now says, \u201cYou gotta do stuff, hell we ain\u2019t gotta hit nobody, just blow the place up. You gotta do stuff under severe weather conditions. That helps too. Doing stuff in the snow, rain because you see less pigs out there. That\u2019s tactical.\u201d<\/p>\n He seems to have changed his mind. Initially, he wanted to hit a city hall-type place and\/or \u201csmoke a judge.\u201d Now he simply wants to \u201cblow the place up.\u201d The specific places is unclear. It could be the courthouse mentioned earlier, or one of the locations mentioned later when he says, \u201cI\u2019m thinking stuff like courthouses, city hall, government places, government facilities.\u201d What is clear is at this point, Shareef has shifted from wanting to kill people to wanting to blow up government buildings in a time in which they\u2019ll be mostly\/completely empty.<\/p>\n After this, CS asks Shareef, \u201cSo, you serious?\u201d Note, CS does not say, \u201cSo, are you serious?\u201d His styling of the question, without the interrogative \u201care\u201d suggests that he trying to present himself, or actually is, thuggish\/urban\/ghetto, or whatever. Shareef replies, \u201cI\u2019m serious\u2026\u201d All we are provided with are the first two words of Shareef\u2019s sentence. But it seems to becoming clearer that CS is not simply gaging Shareef\u2019s intent. He is guiding him along a desired path. Asking Shareef whether he\u2019s \u201cserious\u201d or not seems to be questioning Shareef\u2019s manhood and\/or Islamicity.<\/p>\n November 30<\/b><\/p>\n This is only ten days ago. Wow, this \u201cterror plot\u201d wasn\u2019t hatched too long ago. CS tells Shareef that his buddy with the weapons hookup (UCA\/Undercover FBI Agent) called him. He tells Shareef that UCA asked him whether he (Shareef) wants to buy weapons from him (UCA).<\/p>\n So at this point, we\u2019re not sure if Shareef ever had independent access to weapons. Does Shareef ask CS for a weapons source? It seems unlikely from affidavit. And we\u2019re not told of Shareef\u2019s response to the weapons offer, though later on it becomes clear he obliges, but we are not aware if this was done instantly or with some \u2018helpful\u2019 persuasion.<\/p>\n Providing Shareef with access to weapons is a key part of this operation. Though he might have a criminal past, he seems to offer little toward securing the means toward terror. And once again, CS comes through to advance Shareef on to the next stage.<\/p>\n Planning<\/b><\/p>\n Here is an important transition point. CS and Shareef now discuss places where they can attack civilians. This is strange. Shareef initially wanted to take out a judge. Then, he changed his mind and simply wanted to hit a largely empty government building. But now he and CS discuss locations where civilians can be attacked.<\/p>\n The affidavit does not mention the initator of this part of the discussions. Who brought up the idea of attacking civilians? Was it Shareef? Was it just typical, volatile Shareef? Did he come up with the idea of attacking civilians completely by himself? If so, what does this say about his seriousness? At this point, he\u2019s had 3 or so separate ideas.<\/p>\n Or, and this seems more likely, did CS alter Shareef\u2019s thinking? Did CS guide or push Shareef toward focusing on killing civilians? Did CS initiate this refocusing? If so, why? Perhaps because it wouldn\u2019t be so sexy of a case if Shareef simply wanted to hit a vacant government building on a snowy Christmas Day in Rockland, IL? Perhaps because few would give a shit? What does this specifically say about the CS\u2019s role in this operation? And that of the government?<\/p>\n The Real Plotter(s)<\/b><\/p>\n No quote marks here, for the plot is real. It is clear now who is in the driver\u2019s seat: CS. Without precipitation, CS asks Shareef if he thinks it\u2019s a better idea to \u201chit the mall.\u201d What the hell? Why is government informant giving the \u201cterrorist\u201d ideas? And hitting the mall is a better idea than what? The courthouse? Why? We\u2019re not privy to that information.<\/p>\n Shareef replies, saying that the mall is \u201cjust one potential place.\u201d And what does that mean? Most likely that he\u2019s talking out of his ass. Seriously. He\u2019s on to his fifth idea now. This one\u2019s been supplied by the feds though. I think CS got tired of Shareef\u2019s bullshit ideas and decided to give him a real one.<\/p>\n CS relinquishes any remaining passivity. He says, \u201cI mean, alright, we gotta look at it this way, we want to disrupt Christmas.\u201d We? What the fuck? Wait, who\u2019s the terrorist? CS or Shareef? Shareef is just about the worst terrorist in history. He is bankrupt of strategic or tactical insight, skills, or materiele. He is not a leader. He is a follower.<\/p>\n Look at what he says next, \u201cOh hell yeah, the mall is where it\u2019s at.\u201d Wow, what an impressionable terrorist! After patiently waiting out Shareef for a good terrorist plot, CS gives the alleged terrorist one. Forget hitting a \u201ccity hall type place,\u201d \u201csmoking a judge,\u201d or bombing a relatively\/completely vacant government building. The mall is where it\u2019s at. Go after the holiday shoppers, decides Shareef (Pinky) with the help of CS (Brain). CS sets the goal clearly: to disrupt Christmas.<\/p>\n Details, details, details<\/b><\/p>\n Shareef has been given a strategic goal, site, targeted victims, and specific objectives. Now all he needs is a means of attacking. And he thinks of it all by himself. Not. CS \u201casks\u201d Shareef if he thinks they need grenades for the attack. Wow. They say we\u2019re in the era of big government. I didn\u2019t know it was that intrusive. Even terrorists can\u2019t decide the details of their plots!<\/p>\n Shareef the Compliant agrees on the need for grenades. He still needs more direction though. So CS continues to lead him, saying, \u201cYou go in there and toss a grenade, and no one\u2019s gonna know who did it.\u201d This is an unclear statement. Is CS telling Shareef what to do or simply describing what will happen, i.e. the benefits, if he follows that plan? In his typical yes man fashion, Shareef agrees\/complies, replying, \u201cNo one\u2019s gonna be expecting no shit like that.\u201d Clearly Shareef didn\u2019t. It wasn\u2019t even his idea!<\/p>\n But now he begins to claim it, the idea. Shareef opines, \u201cThe last thing anybody gonna be thinking about at the mall is a damn grenade.\u201d Later, Shareef is asked again by CS, \u201cWhat targets you wanna hit, the mall\u2019s good?\u201d Is CS trying to confirm that Shareef will go after the mall? Or, is he encouraging Shareef to hit the mall? After all, wasn\u2019t it CS who brought up the idea of the mall? Why does he like the mall so much?<\/p>\n Shareef, showing his Abu Zubaydah-like planning skills, says, \u201cAny place that\u2019s crowded, like a mall is good, anything, any government facility is good.\u201d Wait. Somewhere earlier, he wasn\u2019t concerned with killing many people. In fact, at one point, he wanted to attack a symbol location largely devoid of people.<\/p>\n But now CS\u2019s idea is his too. Shareef tells CS enthusiastically, \u201cI swear by Allah man, I\u2019m down for it too, I\u2019m down for the cause, I\u2019m down to live for the cause and die for the cause, man.\u201d<\/p>\n What does this mean? What does \u201cI\u2019m down for it too\u201d mean? Clearly something had to be down before Shareef also being down with it. Someone else had to be down with it before Shareef. That person is CS. In other words, in Shareef\u2019s understanding, CS was the originator of the plot. The plot had to exist prior to Shareef saying that he\u2019s down for it. And it had to be proposed and ascented to by someone else. Additionally, what cause is Shareef speaking about? Did they talk about politics before that? Why? What role did this play? Did this serve to rile up Shareef, guide him along a certain pattern of thinking, and make him more susceptible to agreeing to violence?<\/p>\n Speaking of violence, there must have been some trauma to Shareef\u2019s brain during a development period. He reveals his utter stupidity. The Shareef the Tactician\ufffdhe is quoted twice as previously speaking of \u201ctactical\u201d choices, seemingly in an attempt to look militarily intelligent\ufffdsays, \u201cHere, we\u2019re gonna check out some places, see where you could possibly lob one, do you toss it, do you, could you just sit it down and tip off, speed walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n Shareef the Carless wants to go to a mall, throw a grenade or \u201csit it down,\u201d and then \u201cspeed walk away.\u201d Speed walk. Oh com\u2019on!! This guy is totally dumb. Please! There has to be a minimum IQ for terrorists. Seriously. This reminds me of Jose Padilla\u2019s home-made centrifuge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Anyway, the grenade in the mall idea clearly was not Shareef\u2019s. And it\u2019s obvious he has no experience with grenades as he knows nothing about utilizing them. Dude, this is 10 days ago. Eight days before his arrest! It\u2019s eight days prior to his arrest and at this point, his idea is to throw a grenade and run away in the middle of a mall, as if no one will see him, as if there are not dozens of cameras in and outside malls!<\/p>\n It\u2019s evening time. Shareef and CS decide to go, where else but the mall. And who\u2019s following them? The FBI of course. Fucking coincidence! So they go to some ghetto ass mall, the CherryVale Shopping Center. CS continues their conversation, which conveniently is still being recorded. Think about the tax payer money being spent so far on Shareef, the dumbest fake terrorist ever. I mean the guy couldn\u2019t even think of his own plot. We got the government doing everything for him!<\/p>\n CS is clearly on a tight schedule. Shareef has got to be arrested within a week or two. So they have to go to the mall ASAP. CS apparently has his car back. And the FBI was prepared to follow the men to the mall. Who proposed going to the mall? I think the answer is clear. If the affidavit doesn\u2019t mention Shareef being the protagonist, then clearly the initiator was CS. This is a principle consistant throughout the text.<\/p>\n At the mall Shareef continues taking \u2018ownership\u2019 over the plan, which has been pretty much set for him. He says, \u201cI think, ah, if we do do something like this, we gotta do, we gotta do it simultaneously, like oyu would have to hit one spot and I\u2019ll do another.\u201d This is a menial contribution. He is adding basic specfications to the essentially pre-set plan.<\/p>\n The Muting of CS<\/b><\/p>\n At this point, we also lose the voice of CS. What happened to his big mouth? He was so talkative before. I think he\u2019s happy now that all is set. The affidavit doesn\u2019t mention what the two discussed on the way to the mall. Was there awkward silence the whole way? Did they not talk about the \u201cplot?\u201d Or does CS not like to be spoken to while driving?<\/p>\n Still, CS had to have said something before Shareef makes his point about two simultaneous attacks. Surely something preceded Shareef\u2019s comment. What is precipitated by a question by CS that Shareef answered, or a comment by CS that Shareef either agreed with, wanted to elaborate on or disagree with? We aren\u2019t told. But we do get CS\u2019s response. It\u2019s brief. He simply says, according to the affidavit, \u201cThat\u2019s fine.\u201d Is this really all he said? What explains his terseness? That Shareef has now concedes to the basics of the plot and sees himself as the head honcho?<\/p>\n Next, Shareef the Strategist says, \u201cJust meet back up, so it would create more pandemonium, and nobody will really be looking at, you know, nobody will be looking for anyone suspicious \u2019cause it\u2019ll be 80 million people running.\u201d<\/p>\n Right. They will meet somewhere in the back of the mall, managing to go unnoticed because of all the chaos and commotion. There will be no one will be looking for the culprit(s). And of course, malls are not flooded with security cameras.<\/p>\n Two two then tour the mall. They discuss its layout. Shareef is not a careful thinker. He probably stopped thinking once he smelt the Auntie Anne\u2019s preztels. This is an important stage of the plot. It still has to look presentable. Do you think he\u2019s leading the tour? Could be. Perhaps only a peripheral walk through is necessary. The purpose might be, more so, to keep Shareef in the game.<\/p>\n He\u2019s claimed ownership, and now, comes more motivating. CS says, \u201cBut if you ever wanna back out, \u2019cause you gotta let me know before I make the phone call, \u2019cause I\u2019m checking your heart now\u2026\u2019Cause I have to call my boy, man.\u201d Shareef affirms his commitment, \u201cI\u2019m down.\u201d CS says, \u201cWe ain\u2019t gonna get caught, don\u2019t worry.\u201d Shareef says, \u201cI\u2019m not worried about getting caught, not alive.\u201d Whoah. Who spoke about dying? Seems like Shareef is trying to act cool, upping the anty by suggesting that he\u2019d rather die than get caught. CS embraces this discourse, saying, \u201cIf we die, then we die.\u201d<\/p>\n This seems\ufffdseems perhaps a bit too weak a word\ufffdto me as subtle pressure by CS to make Shareef verbally reaffirm his dedication to \u201cthe cause.\u201d But it\u2019s not the verbal reaffirmation that matters. What CS wants is for Shareef to be there mentally, to not question CS\u2019s honesty, but to be in a position where he\u2019ll have to prove his own loyalty. Afterall, CS is \u201cchecking [Shareef\u2019s] heart.\u201d But this isn\u2019t so much a check of Shareef\u2019s intentions as much as a move to secure that he continues with the terror planning. If before you thought the intentions of CS were somewhat ambiguous, I think now we can pretty much agree that there is something close to only one, uniform objective view of the situation. CS is now manipulating Shareef. He embraces the idea of dying in the attack. Shareef, ever-respondent to CS\u2019s peer pressure, then says, \u201cI\u2019m gonna fast for like three days before.\u201d Wow, what a gullible putz. He\u2019s definitely looking for some affirmation from CS.<\/p>\n Pineapples for Sale<\/b><\/p>\n It\u2019s the next day, December 1. Nine days ago. CS tells Shareef on the phone that the weapons dealer \u201chad an order for 11\u202611 pineapples.\u201d Then Shareef says, \u201cShit, did he do that so he could give \u2019em to us wholesale?\u201d Haha, 11 pinnapples is wholesale? Anyway, they\u2019re talking about grenades. Then CS talks about the mechanics of the the device. He says that the provider says that you \u201ccan change the time up to 15 seconds.\u201d Shareef shows his ignorance on the use of grenades by asking how that\u2019s done. CS explains that there\u2019s a crank on it to adjust the time. Shareef replies, \u201cHow do you know you cranking that shit the right way?\u201d CS responds, \u201cYou gotta listen.\u201d Shareef then says, \u201cAnd then explode.\u201d He enthusiastically says, \u201cSo that shit gonna be like boom!\u201d Does Shareef sound like a terrorist or a kid playing a video game? Guess how old he is? 22.<\/p>\n The FBI agent and affidavit author then analyzes this call in the text based on his \u201ctraining and experience as well as the context of the call.\u201d Is his training and experience in comedy? What in the world is this crap? Read what he writes. It\u2019s on the bottom of page 5<\/a> of the affidavit. It just shows how bureaucratic language can make anything stupid look serious.<\/p>\n Pubes and the Ummah<\/b><\/p>\n On the same day, CS drives with Shareef to the mall. They discuss the ever-important topic of shaving their pubes. Which of the two men initiate the conversation on pubic hair shaving? Shareef or CS? If it\u2019s CS, what\u2019s his goal? Does he think Shareef sees this as a requirement? Or, does he bring it up to help animate the \u201cplot\u201d for both elite and public consumption later to remind us of the pubeless Muhammad Atta?<\/p>\n Once the two men are done talking about shaving their pubic hair, then they go into a rant about the \u2018status of the ummah\u2019\ufffdwhat they see as the plight of the Muslim world. How did this conversation come about? Who raised it? CS or Shareef? If CS raised it, was he trying to rile up Shareef? If so, then he succeeded. We\u2019re not provided with that CS says during this part of the conversation, and so we don\u2019t know what he did to frame, enable, encourage Shareef\u2019s comments, but Shareef says, \u201cI\u2019m ready man\u2026\u201d So wait. Pause. If he says he\u2019s ready, that\u2019s certainly in response to something CS said. It\u2019s either in response to CS asking him if he was ready or CS discussing the issues that \u2018motivated\u2019 Shareef and set the stage for him talking about readiness. For example, CS may have been talking about conflicts between Christians and Muslims around the globe, or in general, conflicts where Muslims are or are seen as victims.<\/p>\n Whatever it was, it unleashed Shareef. He says, \u201cI\u2019m ready man, these Kafirs don\u2019t give a damn about us, niggers [i.e. the average Muslim] don\u2019t care what happens to the Umma, about sisters getting raped, about brothers losing their (UI). They don\u2019t care, man. All they care about is (UI)\u2026I probably would have eventually ended up just stabbing the shit outta some Jews or something. Just stabbing them niggers [i.e. Jews] with a steak knife. Dude, I ain\u2019t gonna lie. Because during the war with Hezbollah, man, I had already started to look at synagogues out here and in the DeKalb area and everything. I was looking at synagogues, I was doing Mapquest\u2026One of them was down the block from the masjid, I knew they do their thing on Saturdays, right. I was like, I\u2019m gonna lay low out here, I\u2019m gonna camp out overnight, be out there on Friday night [Friday prayer] or Saturday morning about 12:00 or 1:00 o \u2018clock..I be there. And as soon as I see them fools going in the building, I had planned on trying to grab one, depending on how it was, niggers trying to run in the building all at once and open up shop, I was just going to go over there and shank one or two of them.\u201d Then Shareef said, \u201cThey definitely gonna know that this shit ain\u2019t over, and they not as safe as they thought.\u201d<\/p>\n WOW. What a freak. Shareef provides specific details about what he claimed were his intentions earlier\ufffda pretty raw, crude attack of Jewish worshippers with \u201ca steak knife.\u201d Disgusting. Horrible. But not organized. Is Shareef telling the truth? Is he just trying to talk up CS, trying to make himself look like a big man? If he\u2019s telling the truth, did the FBI know about this beforehand? Was this what got them to target Shareef? Or is he unknowingly, in his big talking, setting the stage for his own demise, framing himself as an anti-Semitic terrorist?<\/p>\n Gloomy Days<\/b><\/p>\n So Dumb and Dumber get to the mall. CS boasts, \u201cThis place gonna be tore up in about two weeks.\u201d Shareef says, \u201cDamn, dude, niggers gonna be gloomy as hell out here, I don\u2019t know how the nationwide effect gonna be, but\u2026\u201d Then Shareef says it\u2019s not gonna be as \u201cgloomy\u201d as 9\/11. GLOOMY. Idiot. 9\/11 was a travesty. Not simply gloomy. It was bloody, awful, and devastating. Goodness. Give the guy a dictionary in jail.<\/p>\n The two walk around the mall. They measure the time it takes to walk from various points in it. We don\u2019t know who\u2019s leading this. Is it CS or Shareef? Remember what I said about the silence of the text. It speaks loudly. It says CS.<\/p>\n Next, they discuss putting the grenades in garbage cans in the mall. Seems like Shareef suggested the idea as CS says, \u201cI\u2019m glad you came up with the idea, though, the garbage can. That\u2019s sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n A clear effort on the part of CS, who knows all this is being recorded, to emphasize that CS came up with the idea of putting the grenades in the garbage can. Well, com\u2019on man, it\u2019s about time he came up with an idea of his own! Anyway, I see CS weaving things in a way to be able to mark off objectives on his check list, which are: to have Shareef agree to a particular plot; embrace it as his own; increasingly take the lead; and\ufffddiscussed below\ufffdto have Shareef do something material\/financial\/physical in support of the plot. Notice how the affidavit is increasingly silent about CS\u2019s role in shaping the plot after the visit to the mall. Why?<\/p>\n Get some flous, foo<\/b><\/p>\n CS then tells Shareef to get some \u201cflous\u201d (money in Arabic) to buy the grenades. This is critical. One, it suggests that CS is a young, wanna-be thug, Arab American male. Two, this is where Shareef gets materially involved in the plot. Here he is put on the path of purchasing weapons with the intent to kill.<\/p>\n The weapons don\u2019t exist. The vendor is a government agent. So they likely to get Shareef on something more than just talking about this stuff with CS. Afterall, CS is the one who came up with most of the ideas. It has to be proved that Shareef did something material toward acquiring the weapons.<\/p>\n What would this \u201cplot\u201d be if CS said he would pay for the grenades? Nothing. Shareef is provided with the plan, the victims, rationale for the attack, and then is ordered to get the money to pay for the weapons. An overwhelming percentage of the work was done by the federal informant. He was instrumental, essential. This plot would not have existed without him. This is not a terror plot with its own wheels. Shareef is merely a hate-filled thug with highly violent proclivities who concedes to the ideas of a government provacateur.<\/p>\n \u201cBoom\u201d Box<\/b><\/p>\n The next day, December 2, Shareef and CS drive around in CS\u2019s car. The affidavit says CS and Shareef \u201cdiscussed providing a set of stereo speakers that Shareef owned to UCA in exchange for four hand grenades and two handguns.\u201d Ok, now we\u2019ve reached an ultimate level of absurdity. Shareef is clearly broke. I don\u2019t know whether to laugh or cry. The previous day, CS asked him to pay for the grenades. Shareef said that he had \u201ca little change in the bank.\u201d It was likely \u201ca little change\u201d \ufffd like a buck forty. He also said that he could ask his sister for cash. Alright, so a terrorist asking his sister for money, that\u2019s a first. Obviously that route didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n And so what this becomes is the most ghetto terror plot in history. Shareef is a broke ass punk. Even his sister won\u2019t lend him money. And so, in order to keep this thing moving, CS is most likely the one who proposed that Shareef sell his ghetto stereo speakers (the affidavit says CS and Shareef discussed it, but we know what that really means). Wait, let me guess what Plan C was \ufffd getting the grenades on layaway?<\/p>\n Clearly the government agent is simply groping for a way for Shareef to continue with this \u201cplot.\u201d Broke. No access to cash. So they settled on the one barterable good the guy has. Stereo speakers! And they\u2019re gonna get with those speakers? 4 grenades and 2 hand guns? But CS said the grenades were $50 each. So that means the grenade set cost $200. What do the guns cost? Maybe $100 each? What about bullets? So that\u2019s at least $300. Do you seriously think that broke ass Shareef\u2019s speakers are worth $300?<\/p>\n Now this gets even more cartoonish. This is a caricature of previous terrorist plots. Shareef and CS talked the day earlier about shaving their pubes, a supposed rite among Muslim terrorists before they attack. Now they make their \u2018martyrdom\u2019 videos. Haha, what bullshit man. Whose idea was this? The affidavit doesn\u2019t mention this. Moreover, how did they get the camcorder? Do you think broke ass Shareef had one? Shareef makes some speech, seems like it\u2019s written by CS. None of the ghetto talk and cussing in it. Seems like a textbook speech.<\/p>\n The genius FBI agent comments, \u201cBased on my training and experience, it is common for individuals planning attacks on civilians as part of violent jihad to make videotaped statements.\u201d But he begins the affidavit by saying that he\u2019s only been an agent for 2 years. What experience has he had with terror videotapes? This is another instance of bureaucratic language making the idiotic seem believable and serious. The refrain, \u201cBased on my training and experience\u2026\u201d Which are? What if he barely passed his training classes? What if he was trained in tracking aliens, like Mulder? What if he has no experience? And how could he have any experience with these \u2018martyrdom\u2019 videotapes? Who has released one in America before? This videotape was likely made at the urging of CS, to make this \u201cplot\u201d resemble others we\u2019ve seen in the news elsewhere. Dumbass Shareef is merely reading the script written for him. And once he reads his last lines, he\u2019s going to the slammer.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not over<\/b><\/p>\n This gets stupider. CS and the UCA (undercover agent \u2013 the guy selling the pineapples, i.e. grenades) talk. Then UCA says he wants to talk to Shareef. So they talk and agree that they will exchange 4 grenades and 2 guns for Shareef\u2019s speakers. Haha. So plausible! After this charade, the FBI agent who authored the affidavit brings out the legitimizing, bureaucratic refrain again, \u201cBased on my training and experience as well as the context of the call and my discussion with the UCA, I believe that the UCA and Shareef were discussing the delivery of four hand grenades and a hand gun to Shareef\u2026\u201d No shit sherlock! They weren\u2019t talking about pineapples. Who is this guy? Did he copy and paste the affidavit text from an FBI template?<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s over<\/b><\/p>\n The story now begins to conclude. December 6 \u2013 4 days ago. CS, Shareef, and UCA meet. They talk. They exchange the stereo speakers for \u201cnon-functioning\u201d grenades, guns, and ammo. I don\u2019t know what non-functioning means. Does it mean broken, fake, or deactivated? Anyway, once the exchange is made, the UCA signals to the other agents, and they arrest Shareef \u2013 the \u2018master terror plotter\u2019.<\/p>\n