Sources: Feds Passed On Latest NY Terror Case

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Sources told TPM on Sunday that the FBI declined several times to pursue a federal case against accused would-be-bomber Jose Pimentel.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday announced the arrest of 27-year-old Pimentel, calling him a ‘lone-wolf’ who intended to target returning military personnel and government workers with pipe bombs.

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