Authorities talk after a raid Thursday, June 22, 2006, in Miami's Liberty City area. Seven people were arrested in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including an FBI office in Miami, a federal law enforcement official said. As part of the raids, FBI agents swarmed a warehouse, using a blowtorch to take off a metal door.
Chicago's Sears Tower can be seen Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, in Chicago. Seven people were arrested in Miami Thursday, June 22, 2006, in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower, the FBI office in Miami and other buildings in the United States, a federal law enforcement official said.
A metal door is seen after authorities used a blowtorch to enter, Thursday, June 22, 2006, in the Liberty City area of Miami. Seven people were arrested in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including an FBI office in Miami, a federal law enforcement official said.
A view of the inside of the warehouse Friday, June 23, 2006 in Miami where the men who were arrested Thursday night, allegedly plotted to bomb Chicago's Sears Tower.
Various diplomas on a wall in the inside of the warehouse Friday, June 23, 2006 in Miami, where the men who were arrested Thursday, allegedly plotted to bomb the Sears Tower.
Authorities talk after a raid Thursday, June 22, 2006, in Miami's Liberty City area. Seven people were arrested in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including an FBI office here, a federal law enforcement official said. As part of the raids, FBI agents swarmed a warehouse, using a blowtorch to take off a metal door.
FBI agents move through the Liberty City area of Miami, Thursday, June 22, 2006. Seven people were arrested in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including an FBI office in Miami, a federal law enforcement official said.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006, shows Burson Augustin. Augustin was arrested Thursday, June 22, 2006, in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Augustin and five others were taken into custody in Miami Thursday when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006 shows Naudimar Herrera. Herrera was arrested in Miami on Thursday in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Six individuals including Herrara were taken into custody in Miami when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006 shows Lyglenson Lemorin. Lemorin, who was arrested in Atlanta, is one of the seven men arrested Thursday in an alleged plot against Chicago's Sears Tower.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006, shows Narseal Batiste. Batiste was arrested Thursday, June 22, 2006, in connection to alleged plot against the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Six individuals including Batiste were taken into custody in Miami Thursday when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006 shows Rotschild Augustine. He was arrested in Miami on Thursday in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Six people, including Augustine, were taken into custody in Miami when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006 shows Stanley Grant Phanor. Phanor was arrested in Miami on Thursday in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Six men, including Phanor, were taken into custody in Miami when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.
Undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Friday June 23, 2006, shows Patrick Abraham. Abraham was arrested Thursday, June 22, 2006, in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Six men, including Abraham, were taken into custody in Miami Thursday when authorities swarmed a warehouse in the Liberty City area. A seventh was arrested in Atlanta.
An FBI office in North Miami Beach, Fla., is seen Thursday, June 22, 2006. Seven people were arrested in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the United States, including this FBI office, a federal law enforcement official said. As part of the raids, agents swarmed a warehouse in Miami's Liberty City area, using a blowtorch to take off a metal door.
A man walks past the warehouse that the FBI raided Thursday, June 22, 2006 in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. Seven people were arrested in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including an FBI office in Miami, a federal law enforcement official said.
Chicago Police Superintendent Phil Cline explains "there never was any credible threat" despite the arrest of seven men in Miami accused of developing an alleged terrorist plot against the Sears Tower during a press conference Friday, June 23, 2006. The seven men, according to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, allegedly form part of a "homegrown terrorists" group and were arrested Thursday, June 22, 2006.
Maria Audevert, sister of Stanley Grant Phanor, one of the seven men arrested in an alleged plot to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami, stands outside federal court as five of the seven were in court, Friday, June 23, 2006 in Miami.