Federal authorities on Tuesday arrested four Georgia senior citizens for allegedly plotting to attack U.S. citizens and government officials with the deadly toxin ricin. Lets meet the players. Frederick Thomas; Cleveland, Ga.; 73 Thomas was allegedly the leader of the bunch. He lives in a brown two-story family residence that sits on two acres of property. The first meeting allegedly took place at his home, where he claimed he had enough weapons to arm everyone present. An FBI affidavit said he claimed to have compiled a âbucket listâ of government employees, politicians, corporate leaders and members of the media who would need to be âtaken outâ to âmake the country right again.â Thomas allegedly said that there âis no way for us, as militiamen, to save this country, to save Georgia, without doing something thatâs highly, highly illegal. Murder. Thatâs fucking illegal, but itâs gotta be done.â âWhen it comes time to saving the Constitution, that means some people gotta die,â Thomas allegedly said. âLetâs shoot the bastards that we discover are anti-American or enemies of America, treasonous,â Thomas allegedly said. âAnd to me the easiest and best way to do that is to walk up behind them with a suppressed .22. I am of the, uh, old school, Mafia; one behind the ear with a .22 is all you need.â Meeting with an undercover FBI agent, Thomas allegedly explained that his âcovert groupâ was planning to carry out the actions of the main characters from the book âAbsolved,â written by right-wing blogger and former militia man Mike Vanderboegh. He allegedly said he considered himself expendable because of his age. âWe need to place within an ATF or DEA big black van. When they fill up their people, weâre gonna take them all out at once,â Thomas allegedly said, speaking of possible explosives. âI ainât worried about dying.â Talking Points Memo on FacebookThomas said that the senior citizens had begun physical training and fitness to prepare for the physical demands their plans required. According to a Red State profile which matches his description, Thomas is a Vietnam vet who worked as an aerospace communications systems engineer and held âtop secret security clearance for nearly 50 years.â His wife, Charlotte Thomas, said her husband didnât have an attorney yet. Dan Roberts; Toccoa; 67 Roberts drives a 1990 Red Ford Ranger pickup and lives in a yellow-sided home on a 1.8 acre plot of land. Roberts allegedly said he knew people in Habersham County who âhad a substance that could kill people with a very small amount.â He claimed heâd been talking to a former Army soldier living in Stephens County whom he descibed as a âloose cannonâ who manufactured ricin. Roberts said he personally saw the ricin in powder form. In August, Roberts allegedly met with a cooperating source in a Cornelia, Georgia restaurant and provided a two way radio for team communications. He alleged that the radios had been stolen from the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. FBI agents who examined the radio found that serial numbers and identifiers have been âobliteratedâ but that they were assigned to channels that indicate military unit nomenclature. They are still trying to determine if the radios were stolen. During a meeting on Oct. 21, Roberts expressed concern about buying an explosive device from an undercover FBI agent because he was concerned he could be a âcop,â but he said he was still going through with the deal. He said the next group meeting would take place at his home. As TPM previously reported, Roberts sued a number of local officials and a newspaper in federal court in relation to a 2004 âSouthern Heritageâ event he organized at a middle school that featured the Confederate flag. According to the lawsuit, he âco-sponsored and assisted in flag rallies organized by the Southern Rights Association [hereafter SRA]. He is widely known in the area as a flag supporter.â According to the Georgia militia, heâs commanding officer of the 440th squad. His wife said heâd never âbeen in trouble with the law. Heâs not anti-government. He would never hurt anybody.â Ray H. Adams; Toccoa; 65 A retired Department of Agriculture employee, Adams lives in âa single story shelter constructed of wood plants and a metal roof.â The rear of the shelter, according to an FBI affidavit, âis a travel trailer used for its kitchen facilities and storage.â Itâs located on 17.21 acres. Adams allegedly showed off plaques from his career regarding his certifications and training and said that he worked in the horticultural field. The USDA confirmed he worked for the Agricultural Research Service as a lab technician. Adams thought his experience gave him a leg up. âWell Iâve never done it (made ricin) but I have laboratory experience, and once you extract that stuff enough just splashing it on your skin can kill ya,â he allegedly said. Adamsâ compound allegedly had laboratory equipment and the beans needed to make ricin. He appears to have been fully on board with the plan. âIâd say the first ones that need to die is the ones in the government buildings,â Adams allegedly said. âWhen it comes down to it, I can kill somebody.â Samuel J. Crump, Toccoa, Ga. 68 Crump, pictured above in a photo posted on MySpace and Facebook, lived in a mobile that sat on .27 acres. The Centers for Disease Control told the FBI he worked as a contractor for the agency doing âmaintenance type services.â On his Facebook page, Crump is a member of a number of Tea Party affiliated groups as well as one called âDEAR LORD, THIS YEAR YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTOR, PATRICK SWAYZIE. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE ACTRESS, FARAH FAWCETT. YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE SINGER, MICHAEL JACKSON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT IS BARACK OBAMA. AMEN.â http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsme...sted_in_georgia_bio_attack_plot.php?ref=fpblg
Those miserable SOB's, They didn't invite me to the meeting. Thomas Jefferson? Definitely Thomas Jefferson. Apparently it don't take much to get a "top secret security clearance". Obviously highly relevant information Aha! this is undoubtedly how they discovered the alleged perpetrator. Our POTUS is NOT a flag supporter. Those damned land owners.
Here's a thought. Since Georgia is such a despicable place let's just let them succeed from the union and be done with them? Oh wait they did that already and 620,000 + Americans died forcing them back in the union. A bargain price I'm sure.
This case will give the Southern Poverty Law Center orgasms. Mark Potok, call your doctor. That erection you're having is going to last more than four hours. (Yes, I happily took this line from The Daily Show.)