Man accused of threatening to kill Biden is arrested when flight from Thailand lands in Hawaii

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: AP via WaPo


By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, September 12, 9:03 PM




HONOLULU — A former U.S. service member was arrested in Hawaii after he sent emails from Thailand that threatened to kill Vice President Joe Biden, authorities said Monday.

The U.S. Secret Service arrested Justin Alan Woodward when he arrived at Honolulu International Airport Friday via a Delta Airlines flight from Bangkok, according to the criminal complaint filed in federal court in Honolulu. He has been jailed awaiting a detention hearing Wednesday.

Woodward admitted to agents that he wrote the threatening messages, including one sent to the White House website June 22 that read, “Biden ... you tried to get me to kill Obama in my home town of El Dorado Kansas. I will kill you myself,” the expletive-filled complaint said. The same email, with the sender self-identified as “Justin Alan Woodward PhD,” mentions 9/11 and al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. It also accuses the vice president of trying to have Woodward assassinated and put under “mind control.”

Another email sent June 26 said, “So Obama, when are we going to get together and smoke some Marijuana ... I like the way you work. I am really glad I didn’t blow your head off back there like I was supposed to.”


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[Kennah]

1. Didn't a nutjob get a conviction reversed on appeal just within the last couple of months ...

... for threatening to kill President Obama?

[boppers]

3. Arrest and medicate.

Much cheaper than arrest, conviction, and providing free room and board.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. But that's different ...

He was crazy and threatened to kill PRESIDENT OBAMA. (S/O)

[virgogal]

2. A moron.

[lonestarnot]

6. Qualifies as a "moran."

[lonestarnot]

5. Nutfuckery practice of a nutwit.

[MilesColtrane]

7. He's probably schizophrenic.

...a Jared Loughner starter kit.

[Muskypundit]

8. This shouts crazy, not moran

Although the argument could be made that for the right it is one in the same

[pacalo]

9. Schizophrenics are commonly fixated on mind control.

I can only imagine what shape this man's mind is in when his schizophrenia (?) is combined with military service. He's probably off his meds.

Just a possibility worth mentioning.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. +1

In an interview with a U.S. Consulate official in Thailand, Woodward said he joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2002 and served as an infantryman until he was medically discharged for bi-polar disorder two years later. He said he served six months in Iraq and has been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder.

[Ian David]

11. That makes no sense. He doesn't even HAVE an MBNA credit card. n/t

[Odin2005]

12. Thailand? I bet he's a pedo sex tourist, too.