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'Tea Party connections?' Report: Son of Boston PD chief arrested over possible terror plot

Yeah … that’s one word for it:

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Holy moly:

Alexander Ciccolo, 23, of Adams, Mass., was taken into custody on gun charges after buying two pistols and two rifles from an undercover FBI confidential informant, federal officials said. In a search of his apartment, officials reported they found it loaded with possible bomb-making equipment including a pressure cooker, a variety of chemicals, an alarm clock, along with “attack planning papers” and “jihad” paperwork. FBI agents said he used the name Abu Ali al-Amriki and neighbors said he was a recent convert to Islam.

Ciccolo’s father [from whom Alexander is estranged] is Boston police Captain Robert Ciccolo, a veteran commander assigned to Operations at Boston Police headquarters who was one of the first responders to the deadly Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. According to the FBI, the younger Ciccolo said he was “inspired” by the Marathon bombing and the use of pressure cooker bombs, and told the FBI undercover operative, “Allahu Akbar!!! I got the pressure cooker today.”

Law enforcement officials said Capt. Ciccolo alerted counter-terrorism authorities about a year ago that his son, with whom he had had minimal contact for several years, “was going off the deep end” and “spouting extremist jihadist sympathies.” According to the affidavit of an FBI agent, the younger Ciccolo recently stated that he is, “not afraid to die for the cause,” and that he characterized America as ”Satan” and “disgusting.”

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Just awful.

https://twitter.com/bmcsmith92/status/620654105959100416

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/620654249874190336

https://twitter.com/TavandAleph/status/620654422973095937

Now, just one question:

Well?

C’mon, Brian Ross. You need to get to the bottom of this!

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/620655364321619968

Editor’s note: The title of this post originally said that Ciccolo was arrested on terrorism charges. He was arrested on gun charges and a subsequent search of his apartment led authorities to believe he may have been involved in terrorist plots. We have amended the title accordingly.

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