On December 12 , 2001 , JDL leader Irv Rubin and JDL member Earl Krugel were charged with planning a series of bomb attacks against the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles , the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City , California , and the San Clemente office of Arab-American Congressman Darrell Issa , in the wake of the September 11 attacks . Rubin , who also was charged with unlawful possession of an automatic firearm , claimed that he was innocent . On November 4 , 2002 , at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles , Rubin slit his throat with a safety razor and jumped out of a third story window . Rubin 's suicide would be contested by his widow and the JDL , particularly after his co-defendant pleaded guilty to the charges and implicated Rubin in the plot . On February 4 , 2003 , Krugel pleaded guilty to conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from the plot , and was expected to serve up to 20 years in prison . The core of the evidence against Krugel and Rubin was in a number of conversations taped by an informant , Danny Gillis , who was hired by the men to plant the bombs but who turned to the FBI instead . According to one tape , Krugel thought the attacks would serve as " a wakeup call " to Arabs . Krugel was subsequently murdered in prison by a fellow inmate in 2005
September 11 attacks
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