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| Dr. Chaos nabbed in Chi |
| 2002-03-12 |
A Wisconsin computer worker who dubbed himself Dr. Chaos was charged Monday with possessing a chemical weapon after authorities found a cache of cyanide in a CTA Blue Line subway tunnel in the heart of the Loop. Authorities say they found a cyanide capsule on Joseph Daniel Konopka, 25, when he and a youth were arrested Saturday in a steam tunnel at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Shortly after the arrest, the 15-year-old told police there were more chemicals stashed in the subway. Konopka was wanted on several warrants from Wisconsin for allegedly staging attacks on a television station transmitter, electric power substations and natural gas pipelines. Many of those attacks fizzled, however. "What we're looking at is someone who styles himself as an anarchist, as a domestic terrorist, who tries to live up to his computer moniker, which is Dr. Chaos," said Door County, Wis., District Attorney Tim Funnell. The "Doctor" and his myrmidons are no different from any other terror group. Ineptitude is no reason to go easy on them. Lock the stupid bastards up until they're little old men too old to stagger off to their jihads - regardless of what their motivations are. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |