Richard Reid was given permission to contact his family this summer . Reid pleaded guilty in 2002 to trying to blow up Paris to Miami flight . `` Mail is not delivered to or sent from such inmates until it is read ( translated if necessary ) and analyzed for intelligence purposes , '' with the help of FBI personnel and on-site Arab-language specialists , Boyd says . He planned to use explosives hidden in his shoes to carry out the attack . The plot failed and he served a year of probation for attempted murder, but it did not stop him from getting access to weapons.
Richard Reid was given permission to contact his family this summer . Reid pleaded guilty in 2002 to trying to blow up Paris to Miami flight . He planned to use explosives hidden in his shoes to carry out the attack . The plot failed and he served a year of probation for attempted murder, but it did not stop him from getting access to weapons.