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| 2003-11-12 | ||
| Tip to NEWSMAX A college student charged with plotting to bomb Coast Guard and Army National Guard stations has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of trying to obtain explosives. Under a plea agreement disclosed Tuesday, Paul Douglas Revak, 20, hopes to be home by Christmas, said his attorney Thomas W. Hillier II. "I don’t think Paul has a mean bone in his body. I think he was expressing his frustration with how the administration was dealing with the Iraq situation and got a little carried away," Hillier said. So the ‘natural’ thing is to plan to bomb a U.S. installation? Revak was arrested in June after investigators said he tried to get another student to help him bomb the Coast Guard station in Bellingham. He was also accused of talking about obtaining or making C-4 explosives and bombing other military installations: Whidbey Island Naval Air Station near Oak Harbor and the Washington Air National Guard and Army National Guard stations near Bellingham International Airport. Sounds like a clear case of espionage if I ever seen one. According to court papers, the Western Washington University student described himself as an anarchist and gave another student a "manifesto" in which he declared war against the government. He was arrested outside a department store after purchasing a pellet gun. And with this pellet gun I will take over the government! Federal agents later found camouflage hats, face paint, black gloves, a ski mask, a walkie-talkie and bolt cutters in his dormitory room, but no explosives, according to court documents. Those were just for his sexual antics, not harm intended. He could have faced up to life in prison if convicted of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Which is what the little brat deserves.
If the judge gives him this light sentence he should be disbarred. "Mr. Revak is only 20, with no prior offenses. Most of what he did was just talk," assistant U.S. attorney Andrew Hamilton said. "We felt that he was culpable, but we had to look at all the factors and what would be the just result." Is this guy for real? The guy had motive and (based on what he had in the dorm room) was planning to do something. Do we really need this guy walking around free? I say throw him in the darkest dankest hole we can find for the FULL 10 years. Better let the Coasties take him for a scenic cruise and give him the ole deep six. I am not kidding this guy obviously has some screws loose and does not need to be out writing manifestos. BTW: What are they teaching at his college? Terrorism 101?
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| Posted by:Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) |
| #13 Hmmm You'd probably get about 2000 years for plotting to blow up some enemy installations, say, the LA Times or the Department of Womyn's Studies at Berserkely. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-11-12 10:46:37 PM |
| #12 We're winning the WOT in Iraq but not on American campi. I kept looking for the place where the article said he got kicked out of school but then I came to my senses. I but they awarded him a doctorate at a special graduation. He will now chair his own department the first semester that he is granted work release. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-12 6:49:20 PM |
| #11 I don't understand this at all. According to NewsMax (*ahem*), the feds aren't saying a thing about the case, and the Coasties have 'no comment'. Did this little 'Peace Activist' rat somebody else out or something? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-12 5:38:00 PM |
| #10 Sticks and stones may break my bones,but whips and chains excite me! |
| Posted by: Raptor 2003-11-12 5:33:13 PM |
| #9 LOL Jarhead! I hadn't thought of that aspect of the punishment. I am sure their are lots of friends young Paul will make in prison. They will probably show him how to ‘place a shaped charge’, ‘breach an obstructions’, and use some ‘tools of the trade.’ I am sure he will come out a better |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-12 4:52:32 PM |
| #8 Sounds like a conspiracy charge at least....wonder how long the probation will be? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-12 4:16:12 PM |
| #7 "I don’t think Paul has a mean bone in his body." -not yet, but after 6 months in the pen, he'll probably get a couple "mean bones in his body." Bwhahahaha.......20 yr old sweet boy...... |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-12 4:11:37 PM |
| #6 I hope this story is missing something, like he's going to be tossed into a nut-bin for a while or something. Did Ramsey Clark spring for his lawyer? |
| Posted by: OminousWhatever 2003-11-12 3:12:24 PM |
| #5 The problem here is that there is no established past criminal activity on which to draw conclusions from. What's more, despite being charged with plotting to bomb some facilities, no explosives were found. Now had the guy been in possession of dynamite or C4, things would probably have turned out very differently. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-12 3:04:30 PM |
| #4 Where can I find my copy of THE JOY OF ANARCHIST SEX. p.s. Robert,the bolt cutters come in handy if you get too stoned to find the handcuff keys. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2003-11-12 3:01:05 PM |
| #3 My bad that was a comment I made about the stuff they found. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-12 2:56:50 PM |
| #2 Um, I don't consider myself innocent, but can anyone explain excatly which "sexual antics" involve bolt cutters? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-12 2:53:48 PM |
| #1 BTW: What are they teaching at his college? Terrorism 101? This is a U.S. University - what else would they teach? History? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-11-12 2:51:31 PM |