Terrorism Case Baffles Remote Alaska Town
August 1st, 2010My guess is that the following line is the most useful piece of information in the article:
…this has the air of a poorly written movie.
You visited some site and then you were found with a piece of paper that contained some words.
Ready to plea bargain?
When it’s time for a law enforcement spectacle, this is a simple matter of point and click. The “evidence” against you is archived, indexed and just waiting to be used. Charges? Fill in the blank, as necessary. Maybe you never visited the sites in question or wrote whatever it is that the government finds naughty (assuming, for a moment, that these should be considered crimes in the first place), but fascism is flexible that way.
Via: Los Angeles Times:
This week, Paul and Nadia Rockwood pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Anchorage to one count of willfully making false statements to the FBI; in Paul Rockwood’s case, it was a statement about domestic terrorism.
The plea agreements state that Rockwood, 35, had become an adherent of extremist Islam who had prepared a list of assassination targets, including U.S. service members. And, though no plot to carry out the killings was revealed, he had researched methods of execution, including guns and explosives, the agreements say.
Federal charging papers said his wife, 36, who is five months pregnant with the couple’s second child, lied to investigators when she denied knowing that an envelope she took to Anchorage in April at her husband’s request contained a list of 15 intended targets. (None were in Alaska.) She told FBI agents that she thought the envelope contained a letter or a book. She gave it to an unidentified individual who her husband believed shared his radical beliefs, the FBI said.
Nadia knew exactly what was on the list and what it was for, federal authorities said.
“Obviously we take it very seriously when somebody starts talking about building bombs and component parts and killing citizens because of a hatred that is fueled by violent Internet sites,” said Karen L. Loeffler, U.S. attorney for Alaska.
Loeffler, who would not elaborate on how the FBI became aware of the Rockwoods, said the investigation does not involve any other terrorism suspects, and no additional charges are expected.
Research Credit: ottilie
Lesson: Never, ever, ever, ever talk with or to police or other law enforcement officials. Remember Martha Stewart? If she had just kept her mouth shut and said NOTHING, she would never have been convicted. Remember. The police, FBI, etc. are NOT your friends. It is their job to build a case against you whether you are guilty of wrongdoing or not.
Message to be had:
Internet = Bad