NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: Felon Fingered For Terrorist Train Threat
Passengers on an Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Chicago alerted authorities after overhearing a suspicious-sounding conversation Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was having on his cell phone, reports The Associated Press:
Police said in an affidavit that passengers overheard Lutalo saying he hadn't killed anyone yet, and that he talked about going to jail.
Passengers say the man said, "We have to work in small groups. They can hold you for 18 months. Do they have security on these trains? Are you with me or not?"
One passenger said he heard Lutalo mention al-Qaida, saying, "17th century tactics won't work, we have 21st century tactics."
The conductor said Lutalo had a tan blanket over his entire body so the conductor could not see what he was doing.
Lutalo was taken into custody at the La Junta train station in southeastern Colorado. Police said he was not armed or carrying explosives. He was carrying propaganda for an anarchist group called Afrikan Liberation Army.
Lutalo, who was released from a New Jersey prison in August after serving 27 years for aggravated assault, robbery and weapons possession, faces a felony charge of endangering public transportation.
Either Lutalo is the dumbest would-be terrorist on the planet or this is a put-on for purposes known only to him as of this posting. Everyone knows that terrorists communicate in code and anyone overhearing a conversation between two jihadis planning murder and mayhem would hear an innocuous conversation about, say, watermelon or wedding cakes.
Comments