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 Terrorism?

(CNN) — Three men charged with conspiring to commit domestic terrorism during the NATO summit were plotting to attack President Obama’s Chicago campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor’s home and police stations, authorities said Saturday. A police investigation that began early this month revealed that the three suspects are “self-proclaimed anarchists” and members of the “Black Bloc” group who traveled together from Florida to Chicago to commit violence as a protest against the NATO summit, authorities said in a statement. “Black Bloc” was the group blamed for violence that occurred in recent “Occupy” protests, such as in Rome last year when anarchists in ski masks torched cars and clashed with police and even other Occupy protesters. The three men were planning to destroy police cars and attack four Chicago police district stations with destructive devices as a way to undermine police response to other planned actions at the NATO summit, according to a statement by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Downtown Chicago financial institutions were also among the proposed targets, authorities said. An Illinois judge set bail at $1.5 million for each of the three suspects: Brian Church, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Jared Chase, 27, of Keene, New Hampshire; and Brent Betterly, 24, who told police he resides in Massachusetts, authorities said. The three men were charged with material support for terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and possession of explosives or incendiary devices, authorities said. According to authorities, Church said he wanted to recruit four groups of four co-conspirators — or 16 people — and that reconnaissance had already been done on the Chicago Police Department headquarters. The three men also possessed or built improvised exposive or incendiary devices, a mortar gun, swords, a hunting bow, throwing stars, and knives with brass-knuckle handles, authorities said. In court, prosecutors accused the three men of preparing for “violence and destruction,” such as stockpiling Molotov cocktails. But a defense attorney called those accusations “propaganda” and contended authorities “infiltrated” a peaceful group and set up the three men. The three defendants stood expressionless in court, each handcuffed behind the back. A couple dozen of their supporters in the courtroom could be heard faintly scoffing at prosecutor Matthew Thrun as he called the defendants “self-proclaimed anarchists … making preparations for violence and destruction.” Thrun said one of the defendants could be heard planning an attack and quoted him as saying, “this city does not know what it is in for, and it will never be the same.” According to Thrun, the defendants bought gasoline at a BP station, cut bandanas for fuses, and had four empty beer bottles to be used as Molotov cocktails. Thrun told the court that Church made a remark while assembling the Molotov cocktails: “Ever seen a cop on fire?” Defense attorney Michael Deutsch accused authorities of “police misconduct,” saying undercover agents infiltrated a “peaceful” group. “They even bought the makings of Molotov cocktails and gave it to them,” Deutsch said in court. The judge set the three defendants’ next court date for Tuesday. On Sunday, NATO kicks off its two-day summit in Chicago, and the war in Afghanistan is expected to dominate discussions. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Zardari are both expected to attend the meeting. NATO leaders are currently on a timetable to withdraw all of the alliance’s combat troops from Afghanistan in 2014.

The Tribe

The Cleveland Indians showed their support for the students and staff of Chardon High School today at Progressive Field. The team honored Chardon High during pregame ceremonies with an on-field parade. Then, Chardon Superintendent Joseph Bergant II threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Tribe took on the Miami Marlins. In addition, the Indians gave each student and staff member four tickets (4,800 total) to today’s game. The tribute comes nearly three months after 17-year-old T.J. Lane allegedly opened fire inside of Chardon High School, killing three students and wounding two others–one critically.