grecula

A small scooplet in today’s paper in today’s story on Ronald Grecula, arrested in Houston for allegedly trying to build a huge bomb for an FBI agent posing as an Al Qaeda operative. In exchange, Grecula allegedly wanted Qaeda to off his estranged wife, Monique Grecula. I had an interview with Manuel Mireles, Grecula’s boyfriend. My favorite bit from the FBI transcript:

GRECULA: “The bottom line is this: My country has taken everything away from me. They have beat me, they have tortured me, they have taken my children away.”
FBI UNDERCOVER: “You were tortured?”
GRECULA: “Well, mentally.”