Osama Eldawoody

Osama Eldawoody is a US citizen with a nuclear engineering degree who volunteered to work as a paid New York City Police Department informant to work undercover in Mosques in the New York area. In 2004, his work broke up a terrorist plot by Shahawar Matin Siraj and James Elshafay to blow up the Herald Square Subway Station and Macy's Herald Square Department Store, one of the largest in the world.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

References

1. "Band of brothers.(United States v. Shahawar Matin Siraj)". Harper's Magazine. October 1, 2006. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
2. "Terror Informant Seeks Sen. Clinton Help". Associated Press. September 13, 2006. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
3. Shulman, Robin (May 29, 2007). "The Informer: Behind the Scenes, or Setting the Stage?". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
4. Hays, Tom (September 14, 2006). "Letter to Clinton may affect terrorism case". The Buffalo News. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
5. "Would-Be NYC Subway Bomber Faces Prison". Associated Press. January 7, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
6. Hays, Tom (May 25, 2006). "Pakistani immigrant guilty in subway bomb plot". Associated Press. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
7. "Would-Be NY Subway Bomber Gets 30 Years". Associated Press. January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
8. Rashbaum, William K. (May 26, 2006). "Pakistani is convicted in N.Y. subway bomb plot". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
9. Wolff, Carlo (December 16, 2007). "A hard look at the state of American justice". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
10. Pipes, Daniel (September 16, 2011). "New York's anti-terror example". Chicago Jewish Star. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).

External links

• CBS News story, September 14, 2006