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. >> reporter: the fbi recorded one of the suspects, brandon baxter, allegedly talking about his hatred of corporate america. he's insisting taking out a bridge in the corporate district would cost the big wigs a lot of money. they also discussed blowing up other targets, including the nato summit in chicago and the republican national convention in tampa, florida. if convicted of the bridge plot, the men could face up to 25 years in prison. >>> and there was a bruising personal criticism today of 81-year-old rupert murdoch, one of the most powerful business titans in the world. british lawmakers declared in a scathing report, that he's quote, not a fit person to run a major global organization. the report says he showed, quote, willful blindness to the misconduct throughout his empire, including bribing public officials and hacking private phone conversations. murdoch told his shareholders, he is working hard to put things right. >>> and a big announcement today from facebook where hundreds of millions of people have the power to change the world. everyday mothers, fathers, children, w

brandon baxter, anthony hayne, joshua stafford connor stevens, douglas wright never got the chance to blow up the suburban cleveland bridge fbi agents used an informant explosives inoperative explosives punched in detonation code and were arrested instead. batt but law enforcement swift collaborative action based on intelligence undertook myriad of investigative techniques in order to eliminate the risk of violence and protect the public. does it remind us preparation security measures taken are necessary. you have to worry about copycats and even and peaceful protest you have people like this always going to be a fringe group might be willing to take a step further you have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. >> spokesperson with concern security firm said what transpired in ohio example of all wealthy system can work five suspects have been monitored since last summer. carefully watching developments also said have not changed nato plans in chicago because plans in place designed to deal with alleged domestic terrorism exactly like this. >> nato protest practice run for demonstr

wright, 26, brandon baxter, 20, 23-year-old joshua stafford and 20-year-old connor steve stephens.oke grenades, but the informant suggested he had access to plastic explosionive c, 4 they decided according to the complaint to take down to t route 82 north bridge over the cayoga valley national park. they purchased what they thought were eight-pound bricks but it was inert material actually. last night after months of surveillance and recorded conversations by the informant, the cosponnors went to work. >> they placed the two at the concrete support for this. northfield, high level bridge. they attempted to detonate devices from the location they deem safe. one to give them an alibi. >> they were all five arrested. ranging from conspiracy to use o explosive material. >> thank you. >> bret: secret service agents will be receiving ethics training this week. the class was expanded. >> a report by british lawmakers says the charity of news corporation, which owns this network, is unfit to run major international company. that comes days after rupert murdock testified he didn't know the

. >> the fact is they wanted -- if they were being chased the guy said his name, brandon baxter who is0, proving his point, a lot of them are young. if they are chasing us we will throw tacks out of the back of the car. >> i love how it is going to get crazy. i think they were talking about cry nco-de -- cinco-de mayo. >> they thought they were going to gitmo. they thought they were going to be treated differently so it wouldn't be so bad. but they are going to go away. they will go away for 20 years, 30 years. and they will company out and have campaign fundraisers for progressive candidates. >> in quebec they blew up one building and changed the course of history forever. they made all of canada buy lingual forever. he went to jail for eight years and is a ledge end now. >> i am just saying that we sit here and go, how crazy they are to come up with a crazy idea. but there is all of these ideas of people being effective. >> they killed 300 innocent mothers and fathers and all of the rest. >> it is horrible. i would be totally against it. all i am saying is we live in a climate where

douglas wright, 26 years old, brandon baxter 20, anthony haim, joshua stafford, 23.rn. i'm going to read you the complaint from the fbi. as to what these men allegedly were plotting. according to the complaint, the initial plot involved the use of smoke grenades to detract law enforcement in order for the co-conspirators to topple financial institution signs atop high rise buildings in downtown cleveland. the plot later developed the utilization of explosive materials. contain c-4 explosives contained in two improvised explosive devices to be placed and remotely detonated. the defendants discussed various bridges and various targets in and around the cleveland metropolitan area and resulted in the northfield high-level bridge being the designated target. that's in cuyahoga county, that's where cleveland is. this is also according to the complaints. supposedly they were going to have these smoke grenades and blow up this bridge and then do something to top financial institutions in downtown cleveland. the fbi saying this group of men are self-proclaimed anarchists. th

wright, brandon baxter, 20, and anthony haney, 35 years old.o arrests connor stephens and joshua s. stafford. their plan began as a series of evolving plots over several months. the initial plot involved the use of smoke grenades to distract law enforcement in order for the co-conspirators to topple signs atop of high-rise buildings in cleveland. the defendants later discussed bridges and targets in and around the metropolitan area. they ultimately decided to target the northfield bridge which crosses from brooksville, ohio over the high hoe georgia national -- chi hoe georgia national valley park. they placed these ieds and attempted to remotely detonated the devices from a location that they thought was safe and would give them an alibi. that detonation did not work, and that's when they were arrested. jon? jon: well, all right. glad they got 'em, i guess. thanks very much. >> reporter: absolutely. >> rick folbaum in the control room, stories all new in the next 6 minutes on "happening now," tens of thousands of u.s. taxpayer dollars stolen,

these charges from attorneys for four of the five defendants, but the attorney for one of them, brandon baxterhis client has suffered from mental impairments, wolf? >> it looks like some of america's infrastructure problems are built into this issue right here. >> they are. randy larson says a third of america's bridges are beyond their normal life span meaning they're old. this bridge in cleveland was built in the 1930s and renovated in 1989. these bridges are very old and they can be brought down more easily, they're crumbling in some cases. >> brian todd, thanks very much for that report. >>> you're in "the situation room." happening now, an openly gay adviser to mitt romney calling it quits. he became a target for groups on the religious right and he targeted some prominent american women from hillary clinton to calista gingrich with a series of rather nasty tweets. stand by. >>> sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and astrology. a former aide warned john edwards that his mistress was a little nutty. the corruption trial of the one-time white house hopeful. >> and the case of the spy who was found d

charges from attorneys for four of the defendants, but the lawyer for one of them, defendant brandon baxtert guilty plea. he says his client has suffered from mental impairments. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> president obama is in the air right now returning to the united states after his unannounced trip to afghanistan. the president met with the afghanistan president, hamid karzai and the two men signed an agreement to outline cooperation between the two countries once u.s. forces withdraw in 2014. >> we're building an enduring partnership. the agreement we sign today sends a clear message to the afghan people. us a stand up, you will not stand alone. it establishes the basis for our cooperation over the next decade, including shared commitments to combat terrorism and strengthen democratic institutions. >> in short, mr. obama will turn over security to the afghan government in 2014. >> we will not build permanent bases in this country, nor will we be patrolling its cities and mountains. that will be the job of the afghan people. >> not american troops. that means in 2014 most of the n

. >> reporter: the fbi recorded one of the suspects, brandon baxter, a/k/a skabby, allegedly talkingthorities say they have him on tape insisting "taking out a bridge in the business district would cost the corporate bigwigs a lot of money." they say they also discussed a federal reserve bank and new casino in cleveland and the republican national convention in tampa, florida. if convicted of the bridge plot, the men could face up to 25 years in prison. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> wow. that's what scares me more sometimes. we know about the enemies overseas. it's these homegrown terrorists plotting their agenda that are scary. the fbi has this new method where they're posing as comrades and busting them that way. we've seen this before. effective. >> easy to prove in court when you have that, when you have the fbi informant working in concert with the perpetrators. >> you have tapes perhaps, you have the video. >> and you have their testimony. i think that's going to be effective going forward. >> absolutely. >>> we turn overseas. a series of attacks have rocked the capit

one brandon baxter says his employers occupy cleveland.unist. tony hain says he worked at occupy cleveland on his facebook page. and so what happened is, undercover f.b.i. agent sold these folks, according to the prosecution, c 4, explosives, that they planted at the bottom of the breaksville, northfield bridge outside cleveland between two wealthy communities. and allegedly were texting on a cell phone in order to detonate these ieds at the base of the bridge that we're now look at. >> steve: with people on the bridge? they're lucky that the bombs sold to them were inert. >> so according to the federal prosecutor, themed to blow up that bridge. they've allegedly been part of occupy wall street demonstrations in cleveland in the past, at a festival, at a shut down bank program and links with other organizations, according to some published reports. so is occupy wall street based on the allegations that we have, or that branch, should it be considered a domestic terrorist organization? should there be a greater investigation by the f.b.i. i

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