The new case highlights one group member's apparent interest in a second American civil war. Duong added the FBI agent to one of the group's encrypted chats, then the agent attended one of the group's meetings with Duong and other group members, according to the FBI. 'Bible study' groupDuong told the FBI agent that his group tried to be "cloak and dagger" and wanted to "build resistances," according to court records. Places they discussed included a rock quarry in West Virginia, Duong's backyard or at a former prison in Virginia, according to the court record. Ultimately, Duong and the undercover FBI agent met another undercover agent in mid-June at the former prison to discuss testing homemade bombs, the FBI wrote in its statement supporting Duong's arrest.

Source: CNN July 07, 2021 04:52 UTC