Link courtesy of Little Green Footballs, which has more on the story.
SEATTLE - A student from a college in western Washington State has been arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb nearby Coast Guard, Army National Guard and oil facilities. Paul Revak, 20, a student at Western Washington University, was charged with threatening to use weapons of mass destruction and solicitation to commit a crime of violence, said Andrew Hamilton, assistant U.S. attorney.
| "Weapons of mass destruction"? Don't you think that's a little overblown? |
Revak, who appeared in federal court in Seattle on Wednesday, allegedly asked an undercover FBI agent for help in obtaining C-4 plastic explosive and hand grenades.
| Neither of which is a weapon of mass destruction... |
Revak, who faces up to life in prison if found guilty, was turned in by another student at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, about 60 miles north of Seattle. In a manifesto that Revak showed to other students, he allegedly wrote: "You need not worry about Osama or Saddam or the boogeyman, but if you are part of this empire, you should fear us. Our will is strong, our message is just and we will prevail."
| "We are many! There are... ummm... one of us!" |
U.S. authorities have been on high alert for any threats of violence after the jetliner hijacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which sparked the U.S. hunt for al Qaeda.
| Binny was getting all the attention, and dumbass wanted some for himself... |
Revak was allegedly scouting nearby facilities, including an oil refinery on the coast and nearby security facilities as potential targets, prosecutors said. |