maximum sentence of life in federal prison. seven other men are facing a total of 19 state felony charges. each of the state defendants is facing at least one felony charge that carries a 20-year sentence. richard j. trask ii is a special agent with the fbi, and he tells the story in a written affidavit accompanying the federal complaint. agent trask specifies that he and the fbi know much more than what they have revealed in the afterdaift. quote, this affidavit is intended to show merely that there is sufficient probable cause and not all of my knowledge in this matter. investigators have been following this plot since earlier this yore. the fbi infiltrated the group with undercover agents and