Bomb plot suspect WANTED to be seen: Former FBI special agent

E. FEDS. SEEMED LIKE THEY SAVED A WHOLE. LOT OF LIVES. ALEXIS McADAMS, THANK YOU. >> Julie: FASCINATING STUFF. LET'S BRING IN NICOLE PARKER, A. FORMER FBI SPECIAL AGENT AND. FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS A FASCINATING CASE. WE'VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO THE FBI. THEY HAD THEIR EYES SET ON THIS. WOMAN FOR FIVE WEEKS AND FOR. ABOUT TWO WEEKS THEY INFILTRATED. THEMSELVES IN A WAY WHERE SHE. BELIEVED SHE WAS SPEAKING WITH. HER ALLIES WHEN IN FACT SHE IN. FACT CONFESSED PRACTICALLY TO. THE FBI.

>> RIGHT AND THIS IS EXACTLY. WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IN THE FORMER. FBI AGENT I WANT TO SEE. TERRORISTS BEHIND BARS. THEY STOPPED A VERY LARGE. POTENTIAL ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL. IN NEW YORK. SHE WANTED TO CAUSE DEATH AND. DESTRUCTION. THAT'S WHAT TERRORISTS WANT TO. DO COME UP END OUR AMERICAN WAY. OF LIFE. SHE CONVERTED TO ISLAM ABOUT. FIVE YEARS AGO. SHE WAS RADICALIZED ONLINE AND. IN 2026 WE KNOW THAT THE TYPICAL. NOTE FOR RADICALIZATION IS NOT. IN PERSON REALLY ANYMORE. IT REALLY IS TYPICALLY ONLINE.

THAT'S QUITE COMMON. SHE CHANGED HER NAME, SPOKE. ARABIC. ONE QUESTION THE INVESTIGATORS. WILL BE ASKING, DID SHE CONVERT. TO ISLAM BEFORE, AFTER, OR. SIMULTANEOUSLY TO BEING. RADICALIZED? THAT IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY. CRUCIAL BUT YOU MAY NOT THINK. ABOUT IT BUT INVESTIGATORS WILL. LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THEY WILL. LOOK AT IT AND THINK WHAT LED TO. THE PRECIPITATING STRESSOR FOR. HER TO WANT TO KILL A LOT OF. PEOPLE? KEEP IN MIND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO. KILL. SHE SAID I DON'T WANT TO KILL. JUST ONE, DO, OR THREE PEOPLE.

WHAT GOOD IS THAT? I WANT TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE. ALSO HER APPEARANCE. TO WEAR A BURQA WITH BLACK. GLOVES AND A BLACK BACKPACK THAT. WAS AUGUST 5TH WHEN SHE WAS AT. THE HOME DEPOT PURCHASING. MATERIALS. IT'S GOING TO BE NOTICEABLE. SHE'S GOING TO STAND OUT. THIS IS ALBANY NEW YORK. YOU DON'T SEE THIS EVERY DAY. BLACK GLOVE. IT'S ONE THING TO WEAR A BURQA. BUT BLACK GLOVES ON TOP OF THAT? SHE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO. BROADCAST ON HOW SHE WAS. DRESSED.

SHE WANTED TO BE SEEN. SHE WANTED TO BE NOTICED. THE 9/11 HIJACKERS WANTED TO. BLEND IN PRIOR TO THAT AWFUL, AWFUL TERRORIST ATTACK THEY. DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE SEEN BUT. SHE INVITED SCRUTINY AND. CONFRONTATION. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING FOR. INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK AT IN HER. MOTIVE. WHY SHE DID IT BUT SHE DID WANT. OTHERS TO NOTICE. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU MUST. SAY SOMETHING. >> Julie: LET'S LOOK AT THE. TIMELINE. FIVE YEARS AGO SHE WAS. RADICALIZED.

AND THEN SHE PLOTTED TO ATTACK. THE CAPITOL BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT. SHE WOULD GET THE MOST AMOUNT OF. LAWMAKERS. 200 LAWMAKERS. SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD WIPE OUT. AT LEAST HALF OF THEM. HER INTENTIONS WERE TO BLOW UP. TIMES SQUARE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. AND THEN SHE TALKS ABOUT. POTENTIALLY LIKE YOU SAID. HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO. KILL THE PRESIDENT. THIS WOMAN OBVIOUSLY HAD HER. SIGHTS SET ON TERROR. WHAT DOES THE PROFILE OR. INTERVIEW TELL YOU WHEN SHE GETS.

CONFRONTED, REALIZES SHE IS. CAUGHT AND SAYS I'M PROBABLY. GOING TO END UP GOING AWAY FOR. THE REST OF MY LIFE. IN FACT I GOOGLED IT. SUPPLYING MATERIAL SUPPORT TO. ISIS CAN LAND ME 20 YEARS OR. MORE IN JAIL. THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY. SLAM DUNK CASE HERE DO YOU SEE. ANY LOOPHOLES FOR THE DEFENSE? >> SHE IS INNOCENT UNTIL SHE IS. PROVEN GUILTY. ONE IMPORTANT THING OF COURSE. APPEARED ONE IMPORTANT THING TO. NOTE AND IN THE FBI THERE'S. ALWAYS THAT VERY FINE LINE AND I. WANT TO BRING IT TO THE. ATTENTION OF THE VIEWER BECAUSE.

AT THE MOMENT SHE'S ARRESTED SHE. WAS IN THE CAR WITH CONFIDENTIAL. SOURCES FROM THE FBI. SHE BOUGHT A GUN FOR $150, PAID. $200 FOR THE BOMB MAKER. UPON LEAVING THAT VEHICLE THAT'S. WHEN THE FBI AGENTS PUT THE. HANDCUFFS ON HER. SHE LEFT THE CAR AND SHE WAS. ARRESTED. ALLEGEDLY SHE HAD A GUN ON HER. THE AMMO KNIVES AND A PURPORTED. BOMB APPEAR THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO. HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE. BUT THE FBI WILL NEVER ALLOW A.

PLOT TO CONTINUE OR DANGER TO. THE COMMUNITY. >> Julie: NICO.