3 men accused in bomb plots allegedly linked

? Three men charged in separate terrorism plots swapped phone calls and e-mails, according to newly released government records.

Federal prosecutors filed an exhibit list of 102 items ahead of the August trial of Nuradin Abdi, charged with plotting to blow up an unspecified Columbus-area shopping mall. No such bombing occurred, but the list shows that Abdi contacted a man convicted of trying to take out the Brooklyn Bridge.

The list refers to meetings, phone calls and trips the government has previously alleged in various court filings. Put together, the exhibits provide one of the first comprehensive glimpses of the evidence prosecutors may present against Abdi, a Somali immigrant.