NYC Terror Groupies Wanted to Be ‘Bad Bitches’ With Bombs

The women’s alleged plotting seems largely notional—it’s not clear they ever figured out how to build a bomb capable of killing large numbers of people. Much of what the women learned they found in introductory-level textbooks on chemistry and electrical wiring, as well as articles online. Velentzas allegedly studied how to use fertilizer for a bomb by reading an eHow article titled “What is Miracle Gro Made Of.” She is also said to have used her cellphone to watch YouTube videos about soldering wires and circuit boards. They also closely readThe Anarchist Cookbook, a notorious 1971 volume that contains recipes for making homemade explosives.