Here’s a look at the life of Richard Reid, noto anche come “bomber di scarpe” a causa del suo tentativo di far esplodere esplosivi nascosti nelle sue scarpe da ginnastica durante un volo dell'American Airlines. He is serving a life sentence at the US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado. Zacarias Moussaoui, condannato settembre 11 conspirator, is also incarcerated there.
Personale
Data di nascita: agosto 12, 1973
Luogo di nascita: Inghilterra
Nome di nascita: Richard Colvin Reid
Altri fatti
Prosecutors believe Reid received training in Afghanistan from al Qaeda.
Investigators believe Reid had accomplices, but Reid claims to have acted alone.
Sequenza temporale
1992-1996 – Reid is in and out of British prisons for petty crimes. He converts to Islam while in prison.
1998-1999 – Attends the same London mosque as Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted September 11 conspirator.
novembre 2001 – Travels to Pakistan.
dicembre 5, 2001 – Travels to Brussels, Belgium. Mentre lì, Reid tells Belgian authorities he’s lost his British passport and is issued a new one by the British Embassy.
dicembre 16, 2001 – Travels to Paris.
dicembre 17, 2001 – Buys a round-trip ticket from Paris to Miami to Antigua.
dicembre 21, 2001 – Is questioned by airport officials after a security agent becomes suspicious because Reid had paid for his ticket with cash and is traveling without checking luggage. By the time Reid is cleared to board his flight, the plane has already left Paris.
dicembre 22, 2001 – Boards American Airlines Flight 63, Paris to Miami. During the flight, Reid tries to use a match to light explosives hidden in his shoes. Passengers and crew restrain him. The flight diverts to Boston. Reid is arrested.
gennaio 16, 2002 – Is indicted on nine counts, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempted murder of passengers on an aircraft, and attempted homicide of US nationals overseas.
gennaio 18, 2002 – Pleads not guilty to eight charges. His attorney asks the court to dismiss the ninth count, attempted wrecking of a mass transportation vehicle, which is dismissed.
ottobre 4, 2002 – Pleads guilty to the eight counts against him.
gennaio 30, 2003 – Is sentenced to life in prison and fined $ 2 milioni.
ottobre 4, 2004 – Saajid Mohammed Badat, of the United Kingdom, is charged with conspiring with and aiding Reid. The British indictment alleges that Badat and Reid obtained custom-made shoe bombs in Afghanistan to be used to attack US interests.
febbraio 28, 2005 – Badat pleads guilty to conspiring with Reid to blow up a US aircraft.
aprile 22, 2005 – Badat is sentenced to 13 anni di prigione. There is evidence that he had withdrawn from the plot.
2007 – Reid files a lawsuit against the government saying the special administrative measures (SAMs) applied to him in prison violate his First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of religion. The restrictions limit his access to news and correspondence and prohibit him from praying with other prisoners.
giugno 2009 – The US Justice Department relaxes the SAMs being applied to Reid. He continues with his lawsuit, claiming his First Amendment rights are still being violated.
2010 – Reid’s lawsuit about the SAMs being applied to him in prison is dismissed.
