US Soldier Arrested in Alleged Plot to Blow up 9/11 Memorial

The 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York City on May 28, 2014. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday for allegedly plotting to blow up the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.

Cole James Bridges, 20, spoke to an FBI employee who was posing as someone else about a plan to blow up the memorial, according to a criminal complaint.