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| ’Electrical Tower’ Fugitive Caught | |
| 2003-11-02 | |
| A man sought by the FBI for allegedly loosening bolts on electricity transmission towers in Northern California was arrested Sunday after he walked into a California Highway Patrol office looking for directions. Say, can you direct me to the nearest electrical power towers? Ouch! Hey! That hurts! Michael Poulin, 62, of Spokane, Wash., was taken into custody after an employee recognized him from a wanted poster, said patrol spokesman Tom Marshall. An ’Employee’? Not an officer?
Yeah! I was asking for the FBI office really. You only thought you heard ’electrical towers’. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Sunday morning, Poulin said he only meant to highlight the nation’s insecurity at electrical towers by loosening and removing bolts at eight towers in four states. Yeah... Right.... Poulin said he intended to turn himself in to the FBI Sunday afternoon. Thats why he told them where they were. Oh you didn’t get my telepathic broadcasts? A federal arrest warrant was issued last month for Poulin, charging him with damaging an energy facility. Poulin told the AP he was a little apprehensive about the outcome of the case and had tried, through his attorney, to arrange a surrender. "The attorney general, because this covers any number of jurisdictions, refuses to tell me what I’m facing," Poulin said. "Because the threat of a terrorism charge hangs over me, I could end up in Guantanamo Bay." Sounds just about right to me. Poulin is accused of removing and loosening bolts from the legs of a high voltage transmission tower near Anderson on Oct. 20. Bolts also have been loosened or removed from the legs of other transmission towers near Sacramento; Benton City, Wash.; and the Oregon cities of Madras, McNary, Klamath Falls and The Dalles. This guys isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer is he? | |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #5 What a sap. Did he forget how to make a bomb? I bet he used two cresent wrenches because he could figure out the whole socket innovation. When a washed up bomber settles for loosening bolts on electrical towers that's not sabotage, its a pitiful cry for help. The guy must have missed the jailhouse food and loving. He a piss poor zealot when he gets arrested ordering donuts at the local caf. A little to fat to take to the woods and survve on wild berries and nuts. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-2 6:42:25 PM |
| #4 Sometimes I think it would be a good idea to let loose a D-5 on Berkeley just to demonstrate our lack of a creditable ABM system. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-2 6:06:25 PM |
| #3 Personally, I think it is important to understand that Kaczynski, Poulin, and the animal rights lawyer who murdered Pim Fortuyn are not the isolated nuts they are commonly represented to be. Nuts they are, isolated they are not. Their actions are entirely consistent with the values, philosophy, and objectives of the mass movement to which they all belong. Thanks to media collusion, the general public is not aware of these connections, and the LLL continues to escape critical examination of its totalitarian core beliefs. Contrast this with the complete demonization of the militia movement and second-amendment activists that resulted from the constant emphasis on Tim McVeigh's vague or non-existent associations with any organized element of these groups. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-11-2 5:45:20 PM |
| #2 Well, the cops have him, so who cares about the media? Squeeze this aging maggot for all he is worth. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-11-2 4:56:16 PM |
| #1 As Steve informed us a few days ago, this Poulin moonbat is a high-profile member of the cynically named "Peace and Justice Action League" and has a history of "violence for peace" that dates back to 1971. He did eight years in prison for setting off a bomb at a peace riot in Fresno, which must have seemed a pretty high price for all those skanky hippy chicks he was trying to impress. The media will obviously soft-pedal this connection now, just as they did Ted Kaczynski's rock-solid LLL credentials. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-11-2 4:36:01 PM |