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the man, an american from massachusetts, was determined to wage war on american soil. bob orr has been talking to his sources and has learned details of the plot and the sting. bob. >> reporter: scott, u.s. officials tell us the suspect was deadly serious about his plans to attack the u.s. capitol and the pentagon with remote- controlled airplanes filled with explosives, but the plot had no chance of succeeding. 26-year-old rezwan ferdaus went by the name of bollywood when he played in a massachusetts band. but u.s. officials say the drummer is also a self- radicalized jihaddist, int...

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the f.b.i. says that it's been running a sting operation against an aspiring terrorist who intended to fly model planes with explosives into washington landmarks. an attack like that would likely not do a great deal of damage, but federal prosecutors say that the man, an american from massachusetts, was determined to wage war on american soil. bob orr has been talking to his sources and has learned details of the plot and the sting. bob. >> reporter: scott, u.s. officials tell us th...

organization. ferdaus was arrested after he bought what was believed to be 25 pounds of plastic explosives, three grenades, and six automatic assault rifles from undercover f.b.i. agents posing as al qaeda operatives. over the past nine months, agented recorded multiple conversations in which ferdaus laid out plans for an aerial attack. he bought one small drone aircraft and planned to buy others which he then allegedly hoped to fill with explosives, fly is into the pentagon and u.s. capitol from this washington park along the potomac river. he traveled to washington to do surveillan...