They were trying out new recipes...
Posted on 04/02/2008 4:45:44 PM PDT by SmithL
Salt Lake City (AP) -- A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the cousin of a man who was apparently poisoned by the deadly toxin ricin.
Thomas Tholen, 54, was indicted on a charge of misprision of felony. U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman said Tholen knew ricin had been illegally produced but did not report it to authorities and lied to cover up his concealment.
"The consequences of this action could have been disastrous," Tolman said.
Tholen, of Riverton, is the cousin of Roger Bergendorff, who apparently was poisoned by ricin and suffered respiratory ailments. He regained consciousness March 12 after about a month in a Las Vegas hospital.
A brother, Erich Bergendorff, has said it's not clear if Roger Bergendorff made the ricin or watched someone else do it.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
just fun stuff guys do in their garage /sarc
Ping
I’ve always wanted a secret laboratory... but these days, it might get me in trouble.
PING to your lists.
Cousin of Coma Guy Indicted in Ricin Cover-up.
It’s also not clear if Roger Bergendorff produced the ricin or watched someone else do it. The plot thickens. Lots of unanswered questions.
OMG! I haven’t been pinging the list much on this story...but this is real news! Thanks for the ping. going back to read it and will add a few cents later. Thanks again.
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They are actually going to try him for a treason related crime?
Awesome!!
PING! Hope I did not leave anyone out of the ping list. Trying to find it now...lol.
ha!
Keep going back to this bit I ‘sleuthed’ in the first thread:
The war on terror : implications for the future of U.S. relations with France and Germany
by Thomas S Tholen
http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/57453223
???
Wonder if there is going to be a connection?
I guess you are one of those "ban guns" Liberals.
You never know when those organic chemicals might suddenly levitate and kill someone!
For us educated Americans, we know that Ricin is a chemical produced from bacteria which naturally grows on Castor beans.
I you want to try someone for treason, it would have to be mother nature and her bacteria.
It is unfortunate that the FBI dude’s name is Tolman and comma dude’s cousin is Tholen.
Already messing up my messy googles....more later....’developing’...
LOL
always wondered about that too!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misprision_of_felony
FYI:(snip)
“Misprision of terrorism
Misprision has in effect been recriminalised in England and Wales, in the case of terrorism (although the name misprision is not used): failing to disclose information that could have prevented an act of terrorism and failing to disclose information that may help police investigate an act of terrorism are both offences.”
This might be the case with this charge....
Very interesting, thank you.
“I’ve always wanted a secret laboratory... but these days, it might get me in trouble.”
I have one. Not a big one. If you get one, make sure you have room. Every time I turn around, my cape knocks over stuff. And, after a week’s use, my tights get baggy knees.
Plus, it’s hard to use a microscope wearing a mask.
Oh GADS..found this on a google...LMAO.
DU picked up on my post back then and then wondered ‘if it was a freeper’...LOL
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x342371
“Further Googling found links to a Thomas S Tholen Jr., who had written a book on terrorism, The war on terror : implications for the future of U.S. relations with France and Germany / by Thomas S. Tholen, Jr.
but the link was found on the right wing freeper site, freerepublic.com, and there is no confirmation of an tie to the cousin reported by AP.”
LOL!!
they lurk they lurk! LMAO
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8109795&nav=menu102_2
Interesting pictures of coma dude and Tholen side by side. They both look ‘plum tuckered out’ and a bit ‘inbreed’ if you ask me...lol
Thanks for the ping!
Thank you for the ping, very interesting.
“I guess you are one of those “ban guns” Liberals.”
Sir, that is an uncalled for insult - please stop.
Thanks for the ping!!
wow. Finally some news on this case.
Lemme see if I got this right.
This guy knew his cousin manufactured an illegal substance, ricin, which is on of the most toxic poisons on earth for uses of terror, and you are calling ME an anti gun liberal because I enjoy seeing treason related charges brought against him for knowing and not reporting it?
How did you get in here?
I always thought that was a peculiar coincidence, too—thanks for the ping.
I’m not sure what you’re getting at—but if someone’s cooking up a batch of ANYTHING that can kill large numbers of people, that is going to be considered a crime. The reasons they are doing it would determine whether or not it’s treason.
Yeah, tell me about it. ;-)
That's why you need a Faithful Indian Companion!
Except for the beard (and the washed out color due to photography), they could be twins.
What’s with the statement by investigators that they don’t yet know where the ricin was produced, when the search warrant itemized the hot plates and beakers?
Also curious: the US Attorneys’ commment about motive being possibly to selectively target an “individual.” Then why the need for so much ricin? Anyone capable of making the stuff knows they could stop after the first batch.
It is all pretty bizarre. Have not looked for any follow up reports since the news came out. Might try to do that later. Thanks for the reply.
Just thought about this and did a search.
That guy could be in a big heap of trouble.
Very strange family and leisure pursuits.
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