Two pressure cookers and bomb-making materials were found in his hotel room.
A phone number on the rental form led to an apartment that contained bomb-making materials.
It would also keep potential bomb-making materials out of the hands of terrorists.
Customs officials found 130 pounds of bomb-making material in his rental car's trunk.
Inside, men clustered around a table on which bomb-making materials were scattered.
Any country trying to develop nuclear weapons would love to steal a few pounds of the bomb-making material.
The troops seized a wide range of weapons and bomb-making material, according to the Israeli military.
"But actually, since he got all the bomb-making material from the church, there wasn't much I could say."
Some of the bomb-making materials were thought to have come from a factory in nearby Franklin.
Weapons, ammunition and bomb-making material were seized by security officials during the operation.