(Wall Street Journal) Chris Herring - A federal jury in Brooklyn on Monday found Russell Defreitas and Abdul Kadir guilty of plotting to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. Defreitas, a former cargo handler at the airport, visited the airport at least four times to find "weak spots" in its surveillance. Prosecutors played videos and audio recordings showing Defreitas' eagerness to ignite fuel tanks and a pipeline underneath the airport to cause destruction. The government said the men also tried to get help from al-Qaeda operative Adnan Shukrijumah, who recently was indicted over a plot to attack the New York City subway system with suicide bombers.
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