Terrorists Using the Fried Chicken Defense

The 11 herbs and spices drove them to madness. Not Allah.

It's the fried-chicken defense.

A lawyer for one of four men accused of plotting to bomb Bronx synagogues complained on Thursday that a government informant plied the suspects with food.

"You can't watch the tapes that you don't see eating going on," said Marilyn Reader, lawyer for accused would-be terrorist Laguerre Payen.

"The [confidential informant] is paying for all these meals."

At a pretrial hearing in White Plains Federal Court, Reader charged that the informant had a charge account at a Crown Chicken on Broadway and let Payen eat for free.

Is this fried chicken defense too far fetched? Long time readers of The Feed say no. We have seen fried chicken cause this kind of hatred and anger before.