S.D. grand jury indicts Earth Liberation Front leader

[LeftyMom]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060222-1746-elf.html

<snip> SAN DIEGO – A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in San Diego charges a recognized national leader of the Earth Liberation Front with teaching others how to make a bomb with the intent that it be used to commit arson.

Rodney Adam Coronado, who was arrested today in Arizona, is charged with teaching and demonstrating the making of a destructive device before dozens of people in Hillcrest on Aug. 1, 2003.

Coronado is not charged with setting a fire 15 hours earlier that caused $50 million in damages and destroyed a large apartment complex under construction in the University Towne Center area of San Diego, prosecutors said.

"America will not tolerate terrorists," said Daniel R. Dzwilewski, special agent in charge of the San Diego division of the FBI. "Whether you were born here or abroad, we will not stand back and allow you to terrorize our communities under the guise of free speech." <snip>

So let me get this straight, there was a fire and then 15 hours afterward he supposedly taught somebody some super-secret arson technique. Please. :eyes:

[flvegan]

1. Excellent post!

I'll just pull up a chair here...

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[LeftyMom]

3. Popcorn's a little drying.

Have a beer with that. :)

:beer:

[flvegan]

8. Agreed. Thanks!

[Eric J in MN]

2. Anyone know what the 1997 federal statute is that he was indicted under?

nt

[LeftyMom]

5. Convicted? He was indicted.

Let me check and see if I can find it.

[Eric J in MN]

10. OK, I fixed it (nt)

nt

[LeftyMom]

15. Still looking for an answer for you.

I'd rather like to know myself.

[Eric J in MN]

17. I re-read the article and it says that the law is against

teaching bomb-making with the intent that the information be used to commit arson.

[benburch]

4. Teaching that is illegal?

Damn.

I know several Right Wing sites that have done just that!

[flvegan]

6. Shhhh! We're not supposed to notice that.

[Critters2]

7. It's not illegal

if you're Right Wing.

Pay attention!!

[benburch]

9. I guess this means I shouldn't...

show you all how to make a dry-ice chaff bomb that will pull a power transmission line out of service without destroying it, eh?

Darn.

And that was gonna be my next posting, too.

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

11. Hell, no. And I expect a roundup of all the "Army of God" sites

that talk in depth of how to kill an abortion doctor, via examples left behind by others.

[tjwash]

16. That's a little too hard, you should just...

...change the p-p phasing on one substation transformer if you want to take down an entire grid.

[benburch]

20. Well, yeah, but that is something they can watch.

You cannot watch every mile of transmission line... ;)

[Eric J in MN]

13. The article says "with the intent that it be used to commit arson"

and so if you have evidence that the right-wing websites intend the information on bombs to be used for arson, please call the FBI.

[benburch]

21. Intent is the hardest thing to prove in court.

And that is another issue.

[tjwash]

12. I don't agree with the E.L.F. or their methods by any means...

...however, this is a horrible precedent to set. It is in direct contradiction to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendments, and just another example of the feds wiping their asses with the constitution under the guise of protecting us from terrorists.

And don't be suprised if it is thrown out because it is a bullshit charge and unconstitutional.

[Eric J in MN]

14. If there is evidence that he intended the information

to be used to commit arson, then I don't think he can win on constitutional grounds.

[flvegan]

18. Here's the wording for the Statute, I think

the Feinstein Amendment to S.936, the Defense Authorization for 1998 Bill

AMENDMENT NO. _____ Calendar No. _____

Purpose: To prohibit the distribution of certain information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES -- 105th Cong., 1st Sess.
S.936

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military activities of the Department of defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on ________________________________
and ordered to be printed

Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed

AMENDMENT intended to be proposed by Mrs. FEINSTEIN

Viz.

At the end of Subtitle E of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1074. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

(a) UNLAWFUL CONDUCT. -- Section 842 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the following:

"(l) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. --

"(1) DEFINITIONS. -- In this subsection --

"(A) the term 'destructive device' has the same meaning as in section 921(a)(4);

"(B) the term 'explosive' has the same meaning as in section 844(j); and

"(C) the term 'weapon of mass destruction' has the same meaning as in section 2332a(c)(2).

"(2) PROHIBITION. -- It shall be unlawful for any person --

"(A) to teach or demonstrate the making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute by any means information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction, with the intention that the teaching, demonstration, or information be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal criminal offense or a State or local criminal offense affecting interstate commerce; or

"(B) to teach or demonstrate to any person the making or use of an explosive, a destructive device, or a weapon of mass destruction, or to distribute to any person, by any means, information pertaining to, in whole or in part, the manufacture or use of an explosive, destructive device, or weapon of mass destruction, knowing that such person intends to use the teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal criminal offense or a State or local criminal offense affecting interstate commerce.".

(b) PENALTIES. -- Section 844 of title 18, United States Code, is amended --

(1) in subsection (a), by striking "person who violates subsections" and inserting the following:

"persons who --

"(1) violations<1> subsection";

(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

"(2) violates subsection (l)(2) of section 842 of this chapter, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."; and

(2)<2> in subsection (j), by striking "and (i)" and inserting "(i), and (l)".

[LeftyMom]

19. Thank you.

Am I surprised who we have to thank for this law? No, sadly I am not. :eyes:

[Peace Patriot]

22. Oh, for chrissakes, they're selling our ports to fundamentalist Islamic

theocrats, in a country that spawned two of the 9/11 hijackers, that enslaves children for camel races, tortures homosexuals, and treats women like chattles.

They have sold off our election system to two rightwing Bushite corporations.

They've defied national and international laws on pre-emptive war, on torture, on POWs, on domestic spying, on "outing" an entire CIA counter-proliferation network, and have committed mass murder and massive theft.

And FBI is wasting its time on THIS? It's mind-boggling.

[LeftyMom]

23. Yep.

Threating corporate priorities and profits gets the feds all over you like white on rice on a paper plate in a snow storm.

Welcome to facism.