Talk:2006 Sears Tower plot

message: There's two parts to this story: the actual facts (names of the informants and hard evidence that's coming out in the trial), and the way it unfolded and was promoted by high-level government officials (Attorney-General, Director of FBI) across the media in summer of 2006 when very few of these facts were known to the public.  It's difficult to know how many of these later facts to bring forward and how to report them.  For example, we now know the names and very many more details about the FBI informants on account of them being cross-examined witnesses.  But until now they were known to the world only as CW1 and CW2.  So this issue will likely make the article less than perfect for a while.Goatchurch 00:08, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Trial and story information

message: This article is informative and generally necessary, I believe, but there are several sections that smack of personal opinion and unverified claims.  Other sections simply need rewrites for stylistic reasons.  For example...
The report made headline news around the world, and quickly disappeared. No weapons or explosive materials were found at the scene. (first sentence is subjective, second could use a citation)
It soon emerged that the group's only contact with outside terrorism and sources of money and materials was in fact the undercover FBI agent who infiltrated them. (citation)
After the arrests, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the men posed no actual danger because their plot had been caught in "its earliest stages." (direct quote begs for a citation)
 
At these meetings he made requests for money and equipment, took delivery of military boots, and swore an oath of loyalty to al-Qaeda.  Many of these incidents were captured on video. (stylistic rewrite)
During the press conference with the Attorney General, a US government lawyer explained that since there was no actual contact with a terrorist organization, the prosecution was being brought under 18 U.S.C 2339A rather than 18 U.S.C 2339B, since the former requires only that the accused believe they were conspiring in a terrorist act, even if this was actually false. (citation)
The story appears similar, though might not fit, a case of entrapment.  However, it could be argued that, though there may have been an immature level of intent, the group appears to have been so far below the development of any serious capability on their own that questions should be asked about why the FBI and the media reported this incident to such a high level. (without citations, this reads like a personal opinion)
I may just be a stickler for citations, but I believe I'm justified in asking for them here.  In addition, the whole thing needs a "current event" template added. --jonny-mt 03:59, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup Tag

message: I support merging 2006 Sears Tower plot with Seas of David. They are only notable for one event, so the article should be about the event, not the people. Grundle2600 (talk) 01:41, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: Should we rename it "2006 Willis Tower plot"? Shark96z (talk) 00:31, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: New Name?