FBI Says Man Planned to Bomb National Mall on Election Day

Federal authorities have charged a New York state man with building a 90-kilogram (200-pound) bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day on the National Mall in Washington. Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan was charged Wednesday with unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device and interstate transportation and receipt of an explosive. Prosecutors said he planned to use the bomb to kill himself and draw attention to a political system called sortition, in which public officials...

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