Lawyer says JFK bomb plotters were boastful losers

A defence lawyer says two Guyanese men accused of plotting to blow up the fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York three years ago were just boastful losers who lied to each other to make themselves seem important.



Mildred Whalen, the lawyer for Russell DeFreitas, made the claim at her client's trial in the Brooklyn Federal Court.



She says it was pretty clear that the accused had watched too many movies and don't have enough to fill their time.



However,prosecutors claim that 66-year-old DeFreitas, and 58-yerar old Abdul Kadir, a former Member of Parliament in Guyanese, meant to wreak havoc.