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'Fallen Angel' letters focus of ricin probe
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uthor threatens to make ricin and 'start dumping' it
Thursday, February 5, 2004 Posted: 12:07 AM EST (0507 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investigators are trying to determine if a mysterious "Fallen
Angel" who sent two threatening letters containing ricin last fall is
responsible for the deadly poison that turned up in the Senate this week.
The earlier typewritten letters addressed to the White House and Transportation
Department warned that more ricin would be used unless new federal trucking
regulations were scrapped. The change in 60-year-old rules governing how often
truck drivers must rest went into effect January 4.
Three senior federal law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of
anonymity Wednesday, said the FBI and Capitol Police Department were
investigating the possibility that the same person or persons sent ricin-laced
mail to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee.
Hazardous materials teams from the FBI and Capitol police searched for a letter
or parcel that might have carried the ricin powder, which was found Monday in a
mail-sorting room in Frist's personal office. The ricin appeared limited to
Frist's office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. No one has been sickened
by the poison.
Although three Senate buildings were closed for a second day, Frist announced
that they would begin opening on Thursday and the Dirksen building on Monday.
No obvious connection to Senate incident
Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said investigators have found "no obvious
direct connection" between the Frist incident and the letters signed "Fallen
Angel."
Those letters were discovered in mail facilities that serve the
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in South Carolina and the White
House. They were found October 15 and November 6, respectively, though the
existence of the White House letter was not disclosed by the Bush administration
until Tuesday.
The letters, described as nearly identical, claimed that the author owned a
tanker truck fleet company and demanded that hours of service rules for drivers
remain unchanged, according to the FBI.
The FBI said the South Carolina letter was contained in an envelope with a
typewritten warning "Caution RICIN POISON." The letter included claims that the
author could make much more ricin and would "start dumping" if the new
regulations weren't abolished.
The envelope contained no delivery address and no postmark.
No one has fallen ill as a result of any of the letters. Ricin is a highly toxic
substance that is relatively easy to make from castor beans. There is no known
antidote but ricin is considered a less effective weapon for causing mass
casualties than anthrax, which was mailed to Senate offices in late 2001,
because it is more difficult to make airborne and requires inhalation of large
quantities to be fatal.
The FBI focused on ricin in its weekly intelligence bulletin to 18,000 state and
local law enforcement agencies. The confidential bulletin, obtained by The
Associated Press, said no threat of any kind had been received in the Frist
case. It concentrated mostly on the dangers of ricin and how police should
respond to potential contamination.
Truckers urged to be on the lookout
The trucking industry has been working with the FBI and Transportation
Department inspector general's office on the investigation. The American
Trucking Association has sent several bulletins to its members urging them to be
on the lookout for people "displaying aggressive behavior" or engaging in
suspicious activity.
One association bulletin asked that members "be alert for either a potential
disgruntled trucking company, trucking company employee or person purporting to
be from the trucking industry" who has made threats in the past against
government agencies.
The regulations at the heart of the "Fallen Angel" letters were four years in
the making and drew some 53,000 comments when first proposed, trucking
association spokesman Mike Russell said. Many truckers and companies were
concerned about lost pay and productivity because of stricter rest requirements.
"It was controversial," Russell said.
While the South Carolina letter's existence was made public shortly after it was
found, the Bush administration delayed acknowledgment of the White House letter
by nearly three months. It was intercepted Nov. 6 by the Secret Service at an
offsite mail facility.
Secret Service spokeswoman Ann Roman said that after the letter tested probable
for ricin on November 12, the FBI and other agencies were notified. White House
spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush administration Homeland Security officials
held a November 13 conference call with the FBI, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Postal Service and other agencies to discuss what to do.
Ultimately, the ricin in that letter was deemed to be of a low grade and not a
threat to public health, so no announcement was made. President Bush was not
immediately informed, McClellan said.
"We share information appropriately, if there is a public health risk,"
McClellan told reporters.
The al Qaeda terror group has threatened to use ricin, but officials have found
no indication that the two "Fallen Angel" letters or the Frist incident are
connected to international terrorism.
The FBI has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in
the "Fallen Angel" case.
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NYC NAZI SUPPORTS TERRORISM AGAINST WASHINGTON DC
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Hal Turner, a Nazi White Supremacist and traitor to USA, broadcasts a hate
message out of New York City. His despicable messages can be seen on Web Site:
http://www.halturnershow.com/
This is another reason why the United States needs the USA Patriot Act, so that
those who are supporters and suspects in terrorist plots can be revealed before
hundreds or thousands of Americans are killed by such maniacs.
It remains a shock as to why Nazi Hal Turner has not yet been arrested by the
FBI or Department of Homeland Security to investigate his support for terrorist
acts against Washington DC and support for the murder of US Senators and
Congressmen. This is not "freedom of speech". This is aiding and abetting the
enemy in the war against terrorism.
It is a reminder of the continuing Nazi and domestic terrorist threat in the USA
that must never be forgotten, not unlike the recent arrest by FBI of Nazi
domestic terrorists in Tyler, Texas with dozens of cyanide bombs. Domestic
terrorists also remain a serious threat to the United States. Many have been
emboldened by foreign terrorist groups attacks and such domestic terror efforts
seem to be growing.
American Nazi Hal Turner, who enjoys American freedom but shows contempt for USA
government, people, and the law, states on his Web Site:
" BIO-TOXIN "RICIN" FOUND IN U.S. SENATE OFFICES
HOPEFULLY, MANY NO GOOD, RAT, BASTARD SENATORS WILL DIE FROM IT! THERE IS NO
TREATMENT, NO ANTIDOTE AND NO CURE! Ricin powder, if inhaled, is absolutely
fatal 36 to 72 hours after exposure! It is a Toxin rather than a bacteria or
virus. As such, it is UNAFFECTED by irradiation of the U.S. Mail!"
"I certainly hope this IS true and that many U.S. Senators have inhaled this
toxin. Most of the United States Senate are dishonorable scumbags who deserve to
be killed for the way they have trampled the U.S. Constitution, ignored illegal
immigration, and sent countless billions of our hard-earned tax money to
murderous, terroristic regimes like Israel who then use the money to steal land
and kill innocent Arabs."
"In my opinion, it's long overdue for many U.S. Senators to suffer and die for
the way their actions have made others suffer and die around the world."
"I want to congratulate and thank whomever did this. The person who did this is
a HERO in my book! I sincerely hope many U.S. Senators have inhaled this stuff
and that the filthy sons of bitches will drop dead."
"I also hope whomever did this doesn't stop with the U.S. Senate, but rather
continues by contaminating as many members of the U.S. House of Representatives
as possible. Most of those shitheads deserve to die too. (Except for Rep. Ron
Paul; He's a Constitutionalist and he shouldn't be harmed)"
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TEXAS BASED TERRORIST / NAZI GROUP
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Nov 26, 2003, 3:30 pm US/Central
CBS 11, Dallas/Fort Worth
http://cbs11tv.com/investigations/local_story_330180036.html
By Robert Riggs
With Investigative Producer Todd Bensman
Federal authorities this year mounted one of the most extensive investigations
of domestic terrorism since the Oklahoma City bombing, CBS 11 has learned.
Three people linked to white supremacist and anti-government groups are in
custody. At least one weapon of mass destruction - a sodium cyanide bomb capable
of delivering a deadly gas cloud - has been seized in the Tyler, Texas area.
Investigators have seized at least 100 other bombs, bomb components, machine
guns, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and chemical agents. But the government also
found some chilling personal documents indicating that unknown co-conspirators
may still be free to carry out what appeared to be an advanced plot. And,
authorities familiar with the case say more potentially deadly cyanide bombs may
be in circulation.
Since arresting the three people in May, federal agents have served hundreds of
subpoenas across the country in a domestic terror investigation that made it
onto President Bush's daily intelligence briefings and set off national security
alarms among the country's most senior counter-terror officials.
William J. Krar, originally from New Hampshire, last week pleaded guilty in
Tyler federal court to possession of a chemical weapon near the East Texas town
of Noonday. He faces up to ten years in prison. His common-law wife, Judith
Bruey, pleaded guilty to lesser weapons charges and faces up to five years in
prison.
Also arrested this past Spring was Newark, New Jersey resident Edward Feltus.
The New Jersey Militia member has pleaded guilty to attempting to purchase fake
United Nations and Department of Defense identity cards from Krar.
All three have steadfastly maintained their silence, even though talking could
reduce their prison sentences, and the investigation has stalled for now.
Evidence seized and the fact that none of the defendants will talk has given
rise to speculation that unknown conspirators may be still be involved in a
broader plot to use Krar's home-built chemical weapons, government officials
say.
"One would certainly have to question why an individual would feel compelled to
stockpile sodium cyanide, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, acetic acid, unless
they had some bad intent," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Wes Rivers, who is
prosecuting the case. "They certainly had the capacity to be extremely
dangerous."
Terrorism investigators suspect that Krar, who has paid no federal income taxes
since 1988, made his living as a traveling arms salesman who pedaled illicit
bomb components and other weapons to violent underground anti-government groups
across the country.
Sources familiar with the investigation say authorities especially fear that
Krar may have manufactured more than one sodium cyanide bomb and sold them.
After a traffic stop earlier this year while Krar was traveling through
Tennessee, state troopers seized sodium cyanide among other weapons, one
government source confirmed.
During the same stop, troopers found notes in Krar's car.
One of the notes titled "Trip" recommends, "You will need cash, pre-charged
phone card, spare gas can and all planning in place."
Another note titled "Procedure" appears to represent instructions for carrying
out some kind of covert operation. It lists code words for cities where meetings
can take place at motels. Other codes appear to be warnings about how close
police might be to catching the plotters. "Lots of light storms are predicted,"
for instance, means "Move fast before they look any harder. We have a limited
window remaining."
The same note goes on to recommend ways to divert pursuers and suggests, "We
want all looking in the wrong direction."
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, counter-terrorism agencies have been
consumed by national efforts to ferret out U.S.-based foreign terrorist cells
whose members hail from the Middle East. Federal investigators were not looking
for white supremacist groups when they stumbled across Krar by accident.
He drew the FBI's attention when he sent a package of counterfeit ID's for the
United Nations and Defense Intelligence Agency to Feltus' New Jersey home
earlier this year. The package was mistakenly delivered to a Staten Island man,
who opened it and called police.
A note found inside and signed by Krar stated, "Hope this package gets to you
O.K. We would hate to have this fall into the wrong hands."
The discovery led to surveillance operations in and around Tyler, and then
search warrants that turned up the Sodium cyanide bomb and other illegal weapons
at locations controlled by Krar.
Little is known about Krar and Bruey.
Two years ago, the couple quietly set up business as a gun parts manufacturer at
a remote storage locker in Noonday, Texas. Krar apparently has similarly
operated his businesses under the radar for years in other states before coming
to Texas. As he did in Tyler, Krar rented local post office boxes and storage
units.
In one affidavit for a search warrant, an FBI agent noted that Krar was
"actively involved in the militia movement.a good source of covert weaponry for
white supremacist and anti-government militia groups in New Hampshire."
Until now, the little town just south of Tyler was best known locally for the
sweet onions grown there.
Teresa Staples, who owns the storage facility, said Krar pretended to buy and
sell army surplus goods at flea markets. Only later, when FBI agents swarmed the
place, did she learn that the surplus goods hid dangerous chemicals and weapons.
"Why did they pick such a small storage facility? Why did they pick this town,
because I know they're from up north," she said. "How did they find us?"
This was not the first time that Krar has drawn the attention of federal
investigators. In 1995, the ATF investigated Krar and another man on weapons
charges. The other suspect told authorities at the time that he and Krar shared
an abiding hatred of the federal government and had been planning to bomb
government facilities, court records show. But the suspect later recanted the
story about plotting terror attacks with Krar. Krar denied the allegation and
was not arrested, according to records.
According to a more recent FBI affidavit, on the day of the 9-11 terrorist
attacks, Krar raised suspicion at a New Hampshire storage unit he was renting.
An employee called the FBI that day and reported that Krar was "wicked
anti-American."
While authorities work for a new break in the case, some counter-terrorism
experts question whether the government might be overlooking dangers closer to
home while fighting the War on Terror in the Middle East.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors domestic hate groups, says the
number of openly violent groups dropped from more than 1,000 to about 100 after
the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing because of negative public sentiment. Groups that
call East Texas home include the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations and Christian
Identity.
In 1997, the Dallas FBI broke up a terror plot by members of the Ku Klux Klan to
blow up a Wise County power plant.
Former Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Danny Coulson was involved in the
nation's first stand-offs with domestic anti-government groups and mounted some
of the first intensive domestic terror investigations. He cautioned that
authorities should take care not to forget about domestic groups while
concentrating on foreign ones.
"It's scary when you look at their capabilities," he said. "Look at the
vulnerabilities of our society. We don't have to concern ourselves only with
foreign terrorists, but we need to concern ourselves with domestic terrorists
too. And these guys are very dangerous."
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Feds probe poison-gas plot
Suspects nabbed with stockpile of cyanide, weapons cache
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Posted: December 2, 2003
WorldNetDaily.com
The discovery of a sodium cyanide bomb, a stockpile of components needed to make
other chemical weapons and a cache of illegal arms has led to the arrests of
three suspected domestic terrorists and prompted a nationwide hunt for possible
co-conspirators who could be plotting a mass-casualty attack somewhere in the
United States.
KTVT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, reports federal agents
have served hundreds of subpoenas across the country in the counterterrorism
case, which has been the subject of President Bush's daily intelligence
briefings.
The investigation was triggered with the April arrest of a New Jersey man tied
to the New Jersey Militia who purchased fake identification documents that got
intercepted by federal authorities.
The documents intended for Edward Feltus, 56, of Old Bridge, N.J., included
birth certificates from North Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia and phony
identification cards for the Defense Intelligence Agency and the United Nations
Multinational Force. Feltus pleaded guilty to possessing the documents.
The intercepted package was sent from William Krar of Tyler, Texas.
Last month, Krar, 62, pleaded guilty to possessing a dangerous chemical weapon.
His common-law wife, 54-year-old Judith Bruey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
possess illegal weapons.
The couple were arrested in May after investigators found a large quantity of
sodium cyanide and hydrochloric, nitric and acetic acids, and literature
detailing the use of sodium cyanide to make a chemical weapon in a storage unit
they rented in Tyler. When mixed with sodium cyanide, the acids form extremely
lethal cyanide gas.
Investigators also found a cache of illegal firearms in the couple's possession
- including machine guns, an assault rifle and an unregistered silencer - and
literature depicting white supremacist and militant beliefs.
KTVT reports an FBI affidavit for a search warrant notes Krar, who is originally
from New Hampshire, was "actively involved in the militia movement . a good
source of covert weaponry for white supremacist and anti-government militia
groups in New Hampshire."
According to the news station, federal authorities have had their eye on Krar
since at least 1995 when ATF agents investigated a possible plot to bomb
government buildings. Krar was not charged.
Investigators told KTVT they suspect Krar, who has not paid taxes since 1988,
earns a living selling illicit bomb components to underground anti-government
groups across the country. Authorities fear he may have manufactured more than
one sodium cyanide bomb and sold them.
"One would certainly have to question why an individual would feel compelled to
stockpile sodium cyanide, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, acetic acid, unless
they had some bad intent," Assistant U.S. Attorney Wes Rivers told KTVT.
Krar and his conspirators reportedly are not talking to investigators, which
fuels speculation of co-conspirators and an outstanding terror plot.
WorldNetDaily reported exclusively last week al-Qaida terrorists are also
plotting to use cyanide gas as a weapon of mass destruction.
According to a closely held security directive issued to law enforcement by the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security and obtained by WorldNetDaily, al-Qaida
terrorists have developed a crude device designed to spread the deadly gas
through the ventilation systems of crowded indoor facilities to asphyxiate its
victims.
"These gases are most effective when released in confined spaces such as
subways, buildings or other crowded indoor facilities," noted the five-page memo
issued Nov. 21. "Al-Qaida remains intent on using chemical or biological agents
in attacks on the homeland."
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CHICAGO BASED TERRORIST
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Thursday June 6, 2002. Chicago Cyanide Threat. Grand Jury Indicts “Dr. Chaos”. A
U.S. grand jury yesterday indicted Joseph Konopka — the self-proclaimed Dr.
Chaos — on two counts of possessing chemical weapons, for storing cyanide in the
Chicago subway system. Authorities arrested Konopka in March on suspicion of
trespassing in the subway system and found containers of sodium cyanide and
potassium cyanide in a storage room, according to the Associated Press.
Potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide found in the subway system could have
created a cloud of lethal gas if someone had added acid to it, scientists said.
Authorities had also discovered a canister in the underground tunnel containing
acid to create enough deadly gas to kill everyone in a small house or confined
space.