Crime & Public Safety

Last ‘Newburgh Four’ Prisoner Released, Judge Says FBI ‘Invented Conspiracy’ in Post-9/11 Plot

‘Only the government could have made a terrorist out of Mr. Cromitie, whose buffoonery is positively Shakespearean in scope’
Last ‘Newburgh Four’ Prisoner Released, Judge Says FBI ‘Invented Conspiracy’ in Post-9/11 Plot
Police stand guard outside of Riverdale Temple following the apparent foiling of a terrorist plot in the Bronx borough of New York City, on May 21, 2009. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Matthew Lysiak
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A man portrayed by officials as the ringleader of a terrorist group known as the “Newburgh Four” has been released from prison after presenting evidence that he had been “framed” by the U.S. government.

On Friday U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon granted James Cromitie, 58, compassionate release from prison nearly seven months after she ordered the release of his three co-defendants.

Matthew Lysiak
Matthew Lysiak
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Matthew Lysiak is a nationally recognized journalist and author of “Newtown” (Simon and Schuster), “Breakthrough” (Harper Collins), and “The Drudge Revolution.” The story of his family is the subject of the series “Home Before Dark” which premiered April 3 on Apple TV Plus.
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