Pipe-bomb 'hero' cop arrested
An ex-transit cop injured when a pipe bomb exploded in a crowded Manhattan subway station was arrested yesterday and charged with planting the crude device. Joseph Rodriguez was with his family and lawyer after detectives arranged to arrest him just before 10 a.m. at the psychiatric ward of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, police said. Rodriguez, 27, had checked himself in for evaluation two days after the July 19 explosion. A warrant issued by the Manhattan district attorney's office yesterday charged him with arson, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. This is only interesting because it demonstrates that the agent prococateur tactic outlined in Enemies Foreign and Domestic is not entirely implausible. |
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