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OAKLAND, CA� Federal agents arrested Matthew Aaron Llaneza, age 
28, of San Jose, California, this morning after he allegedly 
attempted to detonate a vehicle-borne explosive device at a bank 
branch in Oakland.

Llaneza�s arrest was the culmination of an undercover operation 
during which he was closely monitored by the FBI�s South Bay 
Joint Terrorism Task Force. Unbeknownst to Llaneza, the 
explosive device that he allegedly attempted to use had been 
rendered inoperable by law enforcement and posed no threat to 
the public. Llaneza was charged this morning by criminal 
complaint with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction 
against property used in an activity that affects interstate or 
foreign commerce.

The arrest was announced by Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the 
Northern District of California; Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney 
General for National Security; and FBI Special Agent in Charge, 
San Francisco Field Office, David J. Johnson.

According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal 
complaint, on November 30, 2012, Llaneza met with a man who led 
him to believe he was connected with the Taliban and the 
mujahidin in Afghanistan. In reality, this man was an undercover 
FBI agent. At this initial meeting, Llaneza proposed conducting 
a car-bomb attack against a bank in the San Francisco Bay Area. 
He proposed structuring the attack to make it appear that the 
responsible party was an umbrella organization for a loose 
collection of anti-government militias and their sympathizers. 
Llaneza�s stated goal was to trigger a governmental crackdown, 
which he expected would trigger a right-wing counter-response 
against the government followed by, he hoped, civil war.

The complaint further alleges that Llaneza subsequently selected 
the Bank of America branch at 303 Hegenberger Road in Oakland as 
the target for the attack. Llaneza ultimately specified a spot 
next to a support column of the bank building as a good location 
for the bomb, expressed a desire for the bomb to bring down the 
entire bank building, and offered to drive the car bomb to the 
bank at the time of the attack.

According to the complaint, in January and February 2013, 
Llaneza and the undercover agent constructed the purported 
explosive device inside a sport utility vehicle (SUV) parked 
inside a storage facility in Hayward, California. As part of the 
process of assembling the device, Llaneza purchased two cell 
phones to be used in creating and operating the trigger device 
for the car bomb. One of these cell phones was incorporated into 
the trigger device itself. The other was reserved for use on the 
night of the attack.

The criminal complaint alleges that on the evening of February 
7, 2013, Llaneza drove the SUV containing the purported 
explosive device to the target bank branch in Oakland. He parked 
the SUV beneath an overhang of the bank building where he armed 
the trigger device. He then proceeded on foot to a nearby 
location a safe distance from the bank building, where he met 
the undercover agent. Once there, Llaneza attempted to detonate 
the bomb by using the second cell phone he had purchased to 
place two calls to the trigger device attached to the car bomb. 
Federal agents then arrested him.

Llaneza made his initial appearance in federal court in Oakland 
this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. The 
defendant�s next scheduled appearance is at 9:30 a.m. on 
February 13, 2013, for a bail hearing before Judge Ryu. If 
convicted on the charge contained in the criminal complaint, he 
faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

The case is being prosecuted by the Special Prosecutions and 
National Security Unit of the United States Attorney�s Office 
for the Northern District of California. The prosecution is the 
result of an investigation by the FBI�s San Jose Resident 
Agency, with the assistance of the FBI San Francisco Joint 
Terrorism Task Force, the California Highway Patrol, the San 
Jose Police Department, the Oakland Police Department, the 
Hayward Police Department, and the Union City Police Department.

The charges contained in the criminal complaint are mere 
allegations. As in any criminal case, the defendant is presumed 
innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

http://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2013/federal-
agents-arrest-man-after-he-attempts-to-bomb-bank-in-oakland

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