FBI: San Jose man believed he was working with Taliban when he tried to car bomb Oakland Bank of America branch

OAKLAND -- Matthew Aaron Llaneza bragged to his accomplice that after blowing up a Bank of America branch in Oakland, "he would dance with joy." Then after an act of terrorism that Llaneza hoped would be blamed on anti-government militias, federal officials say, he planned to flee to Afghanistan and train Taliban fighters.

Authorities allege that Llaneza believed blowing up the bank would "trigger a governmental crackdown, which he expected would trigger a right-wing counter-response against the government followed by, he hoped, civil war."

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