The plot Rezwan Ferdaus allegedly developed to fly remote controlled planes carrying C-4 explosives into the Pentagon and the dome of the Capitol might have been far-fetched, but a federal judge has ruled he’s still a danger to the community and agreed to the government’s request to detain him.U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hillman ruled Monday that Ferdaus’s alleged plan was a lot more than a “fantasy” fueled by his mental illness, as his lawyer had argued.
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