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NEW YORK — Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a
200-pound (90-kilogram) bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day
on the National Mall in Washington.
Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan, was charged Wednesday with unlawfully
manufacturing a destructive device and interstate transportation and receipt
of an explosive.
Prosecutors said he planned to use the bomb to kill himself and draw
attention to a political system called sortition, in which public officials
are chosen randomly rather than elected.
It was not immediately clear whether Rosenfeld had an attorney. A message
left with the federal public defender’s office in White Plains, which often
represents newly arrested criminal defendants, wasn’t immediately returned.
The FBI raided Rosenfeld’s home Tuesday and found a functional bomb in his
basement that consisted of black powder inside a plywood box, according to a
criminal complaint.
Agents also found empty canisters of black powder often used in firearms and
artillery, the complaint said.
The FBI said in court filings that Rosenfeld, after being pulled over on
Tuesday, confessed to ordering large quantities of black powder over the
internet and having the substance delivered to “a location in New Jersey.”
Rosenfeld took the black powder to New York, constructed smaller explosive
devices and conducted test detonations, according to the criminal complaint.
William Sweeney Jr., the assistant director of the FBI’s New York field
office, said in a statement that Rosenfeld intended to “detonate a large
explosive to kill himself and draw attention to his radical beliefs.”
“Had he been successful, Rosenfeld’s alleged plot could have claimed the
lives of innocent bystanders and caused untold destruction,” Sweeney said
in the statement. “Fortunately, his plans were thwarted by the quick action
of a concerned citizen and the diligent work of a host of our law
enforcement partners and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.”
Rosenfeld had an initial court appearance before a magistrate at a federal
courthouse in White Plains on Wednesday afternoon.
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