Arrest in attempted MLK Day bombing in Spokane

[Bumblebee]

Source: Seattle Times

The FBI has made an arrest in connection with the attempted bombing along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in downtown Spokane.

An FBI source in Washington, D.C., said one man was arrested east of Spokane. Agents, including a bomb expert from Quantico, Va., were preparing to search a house where others associated with the suspect were living, the source said.

The suspects are apparently affiliated with white supremacists.

The source, who is familiar with the investigation but is not authorized to speak on the record, said that "good police work" led to the arrest and that forensic evidence taken from a backpack bomb was key to the case.

It is not known whether additional arrests were anticipated. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane is expected to hold a news briefing later Wednesday.

Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014443763_spokanebomb10m.html

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The ST has more info than previous reports on the arrest

[FSogol]

1. The media never really covered this story at all. n/t

[atreides1]

4. No they didn't

I guess because it didn't look like Muslims were involved....

[bengalherder]

36. Even this was supposedly the most evil bomb

any of the task force had ever seen.

It was speculated at the time that it was the work of an ex-veteran.

Guess what?

[meegbear]

2. Just another "random act of violence"

[randr]

3. Time to demand hearings on these hate groups!!!

[atreides1]

7. Won't Happen

Most of these hate groups are the "white" color...I mean right color or religion!

[thereismore]

5. I remember this. Where the hell is the terror-thirsty media on this?? nt

[thereismore]

6. White supremacists? MLK parade? Who'd have thought. nt

[DirkGently]

8. "White supremacists?" Thank god. For a while, this looked like terrorism.

(facetiouis / sarcastic, if not apparent)

[eleny]

9. It's time for Rep. King to start having hearings all about the patriotism of white people, goddammit

[toddwv]

10. So I look forward to them round up White Supremacists shortly

And I'm sure Rep Peter King will schedule a hearing on the rise of the radical racists sometime next week.

[benld74]

11. They just want their own parade cha know,,,,,

[TacticalPeek]

12. Good for the fibbies.

Tracking that fucker down.

[uppityperson]

13. k&r and good. THey are about who I figured they'd be, glad they got caught.

[jsgindc]

14. Why do I get the feeling that the police

will find books in the house written by .................um.........some people affiliated with Fox-TV.

[nalnn]

15. That's a prediction

That will probably come true. I do not think however that it is a good form of evidence of a persons political leaning. When I was younger (seems so far away now lol) I had a copy of Mein Kampf. Not because of a desire to follow the philosophy as my own, but to learn. Simply to learn. I kept it for two years, then burned it. The only reason I kept it that long is it took that long to drag myself through the muck.

I did learn from it. A lot in fact, but I am not now a Nazi, right-winger or fascist.

But, again. I think you are right about this lot.

[RamboLiberal]

16. Man charged with attempted MLK Day bombing linked to neo-Nazi group

A Stevens County man charged with the attempted bombing along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane has links to a neo-Nazi group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

According to the center, Kevin William Harpham, 36, was a member of the neo-Nazi National Alliance in late 2004. The center said it was not known when Harpham joined or whether he was still a member.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014443763_spokanebomb10m.html

[WhoIsNumberNone]

17. Prosecutor: Suspect in custody in MLK backpack bomb attempt

Source: CNN

Authorities have a suspect in custody in connection with a backpack bomb found in January along a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Washington, according to U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby for the Eastern District of Washington.

Ormsby told CNN that Kevin William Harpham, 36, of Colville, Washington, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific on charges of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and possession of an unregistered device.

The suspect was apprehended away from his home, which is in a rural part of Washington state near Colville, a law enforcement source told CNN.

Authorities are trying to determine if the bomb attempt was part of a conspiracy, but for now, the scheme seems to be a "lone wolf" situation, the source said.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/09/washington.bomb.suspect/

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. They are ALWAYS lone wolf

and with so many attempts there is a pack of them out there... pack means more than lone.

[orwell]

19. It's always a "lone wolf"...

...unless the suspect is needed to gin up support for suppression of civil rights, massive weapons sales to foreign governments, or as an excuse to invade countries and steal their resources. Then all of a sudden it's a massive conspiracy against god fearing people everywhere.

BE AFRAID AMERICA!

(The preceding slogan brought to you by the United CorpoStates of America, a subsidiary of Koch Indudtries...)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. McQuade!

[Roy Rolling]

21. another right-wing

terrorist exhibiting his constitutional right to bear arms. :sarcasm:

[WhoIsNumberNone]

22. Spokane TV Coverage

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=14218354

[Judi Lynn]

23. Report: Spokane bomb suspect is Army vet, white supremacist

Mar 09, 2011
Report: Spokane bomb suspect is Army vet, white supremacist

~snip~
Update at 3:53 p.m. ET: The Spokesman-Review, citing a source, is identifying the suspect as 36-year-old Kevin Harpham, a U.S. Army veteran and white supremacist originally from Kettle Falls, Wash. ("1610 Friendly People & One Grouch")

The Southern Poverty Law Center says that in 2004 Harpham was a member of the National Alliance, which it describes as one of the most visible white supremacist organizations in the nation. The group was founded by the late William Pierce, who wrote The Turner Diaries, a novel about a future race war that is believed to have influenced Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Records show Harpham served in 1996 and 1997 with the 37th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Lewis, Wash., according to Mark Potok, head of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Update at 3:15 p.m. ET: U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby said his office is preparing a news release that will identify the suspect, The Spokesman-Review says. But he cautioned that few other details would be revealed.

A neighbor told KHQ-TV the man was apprehended as he drove across a bridge over the Colville River in northeastern Washington. Agents used explosives to open a door at a residence in Addy, south of Colville. The neighbor described the home as a trailer.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/suspect-arrested-in-mlk-day-bomb-case-in-spokane/1

[eridani]

24. White Supremacist Arrested In MLK Backpack Bomb Case

Source: KHQ-TV Spokane, WA

SPOKANE, Wash. – Federal authorities have arrested at least one person allegedly connected to a backpack bomb found during a Martin Luther King parade in January. Federal agents called the backpack bomb an act of "domestic terrorism" and their agency's highest priority in the Spokane area.

Viewers in Stevens County told KHQ at least nine FBI vehicles sped towards a house near Highway 395 south of Colville. At least two counter-assault vehicles were also at the house, according to the viewer.

City workers found a suspicious backpack along a parade route on Martin Luther King day where thousands of people were scheduled to march.

Authorities later determined the backpack contained a bomb at least one agent described as, "the most sophisticated" he had ever seen.


Read more: http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=14218354

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I'm shocked! SHOCKED!! I tells ya!

[Kennah]

25. A White Supremacist in Stevens County? Truly shocking!

:sarcasm:

[fascisthunter]

26. more right wing terrorism.... but would our corporate media ever utter those words?

[oldhippydude]

28. Rachael followed it when it broke...,

pledged to keep track of it... maybe check her out tonight

[gratuitous]

27. And the FBI didn't even have to lead him on

He did this all by his little self. Thankfully, he's white, so we know it wasn't terrorism, because the bomb wasn't going to blow up a log truck or something like that. And, since our little bomber probably identifies as some incredibly fucked-up version of "Christian," Peter King won't need to convene a hearing on "Christian" terrorists.

So, all's well in the Republic. Look! Charlie Sheen's doing something cuh-razy! Ha, ha, ha!

[bergie321]

29. So....

When is Peter King going to hold an inquest into the radicalization of white christians?

[Historic NY]

30. Right Wing Terrorist...the goverment warned us about. .

he looks funny too..



The suspect has been identified as 36-year-old Kevin Harpham of Addy, Washington. Harpham waived his bail hearing today...the judge set a new date for March 23rd.

[cliffordu]

31. ME TOO!!!! SHOCKED, I SAY!!!!!

[DeadEyeDyck]

32. no tuban - no terrorist n/t

[bengalherder]

35. KICK

I had to find this one on the front page of the paper.

I know there's a lot going on right now, but this is important too!

[RamboLiberal]

33. A bit more on suspect

Paul Mullet, the former self-proclaimed leader of the Aryan Nations , said that Harpham expressed interest in joining the Aryan Nations back in the mid-2000s. Mullet said Wednesday afternoon that he had about a dozen conversations with Harpham after he contacted him for information on joining the Aryan Nations. Mullet said that Harpham never joined the group.

http://www.kxly.com/news/27140311/detail.html

[Thor_MN]

34. "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction "

Has there been some type of weapon deflation or something? Once upon a time WMD refered to Nuclear, Biological or Chemical weapons. Now just about anything qualifies. Hell, we now have more evidence to invade Washington state than we did for invading Iraq.

If "WMD" is enough grounds for declaring war on a soverign state, the term WMD should be reserved for something more than a backpack bomb of conventional explosives.

(Don't get me wrong, this asshole needs to be removed from society, I'm just say conventional explosives should not be called WMD)