The newburgh sting preview (hbo documentary films) subscribe to the hbo docs youtube: Webthe case made — convincingly — by the documentary “the newburgh sting” is that the four upstate new york men convicted of plotting to bomb synagogues. Webthe newburgh sting is a 2014 documentary film about the federal bureau of investigation's sting operation on four muslim men involved in the 2009 bronx terrorism. Webin 2011, four men from newburgh, new york, charged with plotting terrorist acts were convicted in federal court and sentenced to prison. Webdocumentary centered on the fbi sting operation in newburgh, ny, where four men were arrested in 2009 accused of plotting terrorist attacks. Webusing original surveillance footage, directors kate davis and david heilbroner tell the story in a new hbo documentary, “the newburgh sting”. The film depicts how.