On 22 June 2006, seven men were arrested during an FBI raid on a warehouse on the outskirts of Miami and accused of being a home-grown terrorist cell plotting to blow up the Sears Tower and the FBI building in Miami. Although no links to outside terrorist groups were alleged, nor any weapons found, the arrests were the subject of a high level press briefing in Washington D.C. hosted by the Attorney-General and made headline news in Europe the following day. The Director of the FBI Robert Mueller cited the incident in a "Major Executive Speech" in Cleveland that afternoon entitled "Protecting America from Terrorist Attack: The Threat of Homegrown Terrorism". According to the indictments, the group had been infiltrated for nearly a year by two paid FBI informants posing as al-Qaeda members. The warehouse they were in had been wired for surveillance and provided rent-free by the FBI since January, and members of the group discussed the terrorist plots while smoking marijuana. Differences had broken out in April between the leaders, causing one to be arrested for shooting a follower of the other. All seven were denied bail since their arrest. Their trial began on 2 October 2007 with [ - ]

On 22 June 2006, seven men were arrested during an FBI raid on a warehouse on the outskirts of... [ + ]