There’s been another terror-related arrest today, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where a man was allegedly planning attacks on politicians and a shopping mall.

As with all the recent terror-related arrests, Tarek Mehanna apparently never even got close to carrying out any attacks; the FBI was on to him every step of the way.

BOSTON — A Sudbury, Mass., man was arrested Wednesday on federal terrorism-related charges and accused of planning attacks inside and outside the United States, including an attack that targeted a shopping mall, WCVB-TV in Boston reported.

Tarek Mehanna, 27, was taken into custody at his Sudbury home, according to acting U.S. Attorney General Michael K. Loucks.

Beginning in 2001 and continuing through 2008, Mehanna conspired with Ahmad Abousamra and others to provide material support and resources to terrorists to “kill, kidnap, maim or injure” people, including prominent U.S. politicians, according to a criminal complaint. Loucks said that Mehanna was involved with co-conspirators in a plan that targeted two members of the executive branch and a planned attack on a U.S. shopping mall.