Posted on 01/27/2014 6:02:04 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
A Russian college student in Pennsylvania was charged with unlawful possession of 'weapons of mass destruction' and risking catastrophe on Friday, according to authorities.
Penn State Altoona student Vladislav Miftakhov, 18, was arrested Friday after Altoona police found homemade bombs and bomb-making materials in his room while investigating a possible marijuana growing operation, according to a criminal complaint.
Police also found marijuana plants but called backup when they discovered fuses attached to aluminum and plastic containers.
After officers removed Miftakhov from a class and attained a search warrant, investigators discovered one pound each of atomized magnesium and Chinese potassium perchlorate and a package labeled potassium nitrate powder — which are all “key components in the bomb making process,” the criminal complaint said.
And although the specific charge is the "unlawful possession or manufacture or weapons of mass destruction" there's no indication that the student had anything nuclear or radioactive.
Miftakhov told Altoona police and campus police that he intended to “blow things up” with the bomb-making paraphernalia that he said he purchased on Amazon, according to the complaint.
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It’s s typo. He was building a bong, not a bomb.
The NSA leaves you negative feedback.
The AA ballpark in Altoona has to be one of the Ten Coolest Places on the planet.
Curious...
A Russian student building bombs and you liken this to making your own firecrackers? Amazing.
Anyone else getting the sense that the STUDENT VISA PROGRAM continues to be our biggest open-door for Terrorists??
I think you are actually missing my point completely.
Oh, wait, a minute. I get it! You’re one of those who’s willing to sacrifice the freedoms we had in this country 50 years ago for personal safety.
There’s no limit to how much freedom we’re to give up as long as the government keeps us safe.
I’m not.
Evidently some around here don't catch that subtlety...
What was that Benny Franklin quote “Those you give up their freedoms for temporary safety deserve neither.”
A bit out from left field here, but I have noticed a new cultural thing that has stemmed, I believe, from popular TV shows like Dexter, Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy.
Setting up labs and operations seems to be tempting to a lot of americans. We have allowed the worship of these bad, bad characters and somehow fell in love with them - Going beyond Justification into full-blown affection for them
Just my 2 cents.
LOL!
The chemistry set I got from my Dad, from the 50’s, would be referred to today as “RCRA site in-a-box”...
Yes, it did. It's gone now. Down on the farm, we used to use a variety of homemade materials for "moving dirt" that the Feds would take you away for just possessing today.
This country has become a police state.
Not saying this kid was not going to do bad things. Not saying he was, either.
If you see posts of interest to Pennsylvanians, please ping me.
Thanks!
Thanks randita for the heads up
Similarly here:
Russian teen charged with possessing weapon of mass destruction, Pennsylvania authorities say
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