Posted on 10/10/2018 5:11:16 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A New York man has been charged with building a 200-pound bomb he allegedly planned to detonate on Washington's National Mall on Election Day.
Paul Rosenfeld, 56, appeared in federal court on Wednesday after law enforcement agents found an explosive device in his basement on Tuesday, according to a news release from the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
Rosenfeld was pulled over while driving, and in an interview with law enforcement agents, he admitted to purchasing black powder online, transporting it to his house in New York from New Jersey and constructing an explosive device in his basement, the news release said. He also said he has previously built smaller explosives to test the devices, according to the release.
A series of letters and text messages sent during August and September also show Rosenfeld intended to detonate the device as a way to bring attention to a political ideology called "sortition," according to the news release, which it describes as a "theory that advocates the random selection of government officials."
It was not immediately clear if Rosenfeld is being represented by an attorney.
"As alleged in the complaint, Paul M. Rosenfeld planned to detonate a large explosive to kill himself and draw attention to his radical political beliefs. Had he been successful, Rosenfeld's alleged plot could have claimed the lives of innocent bystanders and caused untold destruction," US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said in a statement.
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He decided to randomize himself.
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Reads like he is/was going to spread his ideas around the immediate vicinity.
Oh, they blow up so fast....
I think Buckley suggested voting for folks to elected office by randomly picking names in the phone book.
He was mocking the public.
I’m sure our friends at Facebook and the CIA have scrubbed his Facebook pages nicely. I’m sure he’s just an independent unaffiliated character.
“Reading the article can be a BIG help.”
Read the article! Shirley you jest.
bill buckled said he would rather be ruled by the first names in the NY hone book than graduates of harvard
““Black powder?” LOL!”
Black powder works very well thank you.
:-)
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I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
Yeah but “black powder” isn’t as powerful as IMR powders - it burns slower!
Not quite. See my previous.
Yes. In NYC. Fewer, but better liberals.
One hell of a gamble!
Got it.
Doesn't sound like a Muzzi name.
As to the philosophy the bomber wanted to promote:
Well, all joking aside, throwing darts at a dart board blindfolded would not likely produce a worse cast of elected officials than what we have.
But then again, under the political docttine of guilty until proven innocent no one wants to put their life on the line for a political position.
Then again maybe we have Trump because he can make some good decisions and he does not give a twit what someone thinks of his past, or his present. Well, in all fairness to the rest of us, Trump can afford to not give a twit. He can keep funding his family’s life no matter what folks think of him.
Yeah. They tell you they are conservative on fiscal policy, but liberal on social issues. As though one had nothing to do with the other. Morons.
56 yes. Old,,
He should know Better.
56 yes. Old,,
He should know Better.
56 yes. Old,,
He should know Better.
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