FBI:Plot to Attack JFK Airport

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Feds: Plot to attack fuel facilities at JFK airport in New YorkThe FBI is briefing reporters about what it describes as a plot by four men to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. (Read USA TODAY's story.)"This is a very determined group. They engaged in precise and extensive surveillance, surveillance that included physical surveillance, photographic surveillance, video surveillance, even the use of the Internet to obtain satellite photographs of the JFK facility. They engaged in extensive conversations and international travel furthering and refining their conspiracy," an FBI spokesman says in a briefing whose audio was broadcast on Fox News Channel.The Justice Department says charges have been filed in federal district court in Brooklyn. Roslynn Mauskopf, the federal prosecutor in the eastern district of New York, describes it as "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."The FBI says the charges identify terminal buildings, aircraft and bulk jet fuel storage and delivery systems as the group's targets.