Four men convicted in an FBI sting of attempting to bomb a Bronx synagogue and Jewish community center and shoot down military cargo planes will turn to a federal appeals court now that their claims of entrapment and outrageous government misconduct have been rejected by Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon.
James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen were convicted on Oct. 19, 2010, in a plot that depended on confidential government informant Shaheed Hussain, a man who posed as a well-financed Pakastani terrorist and, in the words of Judge McMahon, “chauffeured the four defendants through the whole operation” and lied on the witness stand.
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