The Terrorist Within

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BY FROMA HARROP What you need to know about Michael C. Finton is that he parked a van in front of a federal building in Springfield, IL, believing it was loaded with explosives. He then twice made cell phone calls that he thought would detonate the bombs. Finton never made contact with any real al-Qaeda operatives, only FBI agents pretending to be such. The creepiest part is that Finton was a fry cook from Decatur […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.