guardian | Crawford, an industrial mechanic for General Electric, met Feight, an
outside GE contractor with mechanical and engineering skills, through
work, authorities said. Feight designed, built and tested the remote
control, which they planned to use to operate an industrial X-ray system
mounted on a truck.
According to the indictment, the
investigators had a confidential undercover source in place within weeks
after learning of Crawford's attempts to solicit money and later an
undercover investigator introduced by the source. They recorded meetings
and conversations, and in December investigators got court
authorisation to tap Crawford's phones, the indictment said.
In
June 2012 the undercover investigator brought Crawford X-ray tubes to
examine for possible use in the weapon, followed by their technical
specifications a month later. At a November meeting with undercover
investigators, Crawford brought Feight. Both said they were committed to
building the device and named the group "the guild", the indictment
said.
Investigators gave Feight $1,000 to build the control device
and showed the men pictures of industrial X-ray machines they said they
could obtain.
They planned to provide him access to an actual
X-ray system to assembly with the remote control. According to court
documents, the sealed indictment was filed the same day and both men
were arrested.
A GE spokesman, Shaun Wiggins, said the company was
informed on Tuesday of Crawford's arrest and he was suspended from his
job. The company had no information that any employees' safety was
compromised or that alleged illegal acts were committed at his workplace.
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