He had bought a farm.
My guess is that if a farm in the US ordered “tons of fertilizer” it would be on some list and that it would approved.
At some point you have to trust that the farmer gets more satisfaction out of growing corn, rather than shooting kids.
I dont know where this guy got his cash, but he was well funded.
So you’re basically saying that it would not be a red flag. I’m not a farmer and I’m not too up-to-date on bomb material!!
I read a bit of his “book” he explains everything. Down to the world-of-warkraft as a cover bit. It’s all a ruse. The fertilizer was for sugarbeet farm he “started up”, buying it at the right time after researching it, after creating a business plan he edited of the internet, even goes into which software he used to edit it. He claims to be part of the knights of Templar re-founded in 2002. It is well detailed and a scary read. He goes into how to train and build his armor and what kind of music to listen to.
As for his cash, he worked a bit of office jobs to accumulate about 30k. Then started a company and paid himself for 4 months on the books and then applied for multiple credit cards and got a ton of credit. He even detailed how he researched what credit companies used what banks so that he would avoid applying at the same place so as to not set any triggers.