Parts for 'dirty bomb' found in slain US man's home

[Joanne98]

Agency says radioactive materials recovered in home of man allegedly slain by his wife.

By Walter Griffin (Bangor Daily News)<1>

BELFAST, Maine — James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ago, allegedly had a cache of radioactive materials in his home suitable for building a “dirty bomb.”

According to an FBI field intelligence report from the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center posted online by WikiLeaks, an organization that posts leaked documents, an investigation into the case revealed that radioactive materials were removed from Cummings’ home after his shooting death on Dec. 9.

The report posted on the WikiLeaks Web site states that “On 9 December 2008, radiological dispersal device components and literature, and radioactive materials, were discovered at the Maine residence of an identified deceased James Cummings.”

Click here to view the full report. The section referring to Cummings can be read .

It says that four 1-gallon containers of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide, uranium, thorium, lithium metal, thermite, aluminum powder, beryllium, boron, black iron oxide and magnesium ribbon were found in the home.

Also found was literature on how to build “dirty bombs” and information about cesium-137, strontium-90 and cobalt-60, radioactive materials. The FBI report also stated there was evidence linking James Cummings to white supremacist groups. This would seem to confirm observations by local tradesmen who worked at the Cummings home that he was an ardent admirer of Adolf Hitler and had a collection of Nazi memorabilia around the house, including a prominently displayed flag with swastika. Cummings claimed to have pieces of Hitler’s personal silverware and place settings, painter Mike Robbins said a few days after the shooting.

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Parts_for_%27dirty_bomb%27_found_in_slain_US_man%27s_home

[jwirr]

1. Why did his wife shoot him? I am assuming that this plot would not

have been uncovered if she had not?

[Maine-ah]

5. physical, mental and sexual abuse.

http://bangornews.com/detail/99263.html

[Possumpoint]

2. Others May Be Familiar

with what occured but why did the wife shoot him. Anyone Know?

[NWHarkness]

6. There have been no details released.

I've been following this closely since December, as it happened less than a mile from my house, and we haven't had a homicide in Belfast in at least a decade.

This is a small community, the Grand Jury only meets every couple of months. Once they do, I suspect more details will be released.

[tabatha]

3. from reading the article, it seems like there was a domestic

violence episode, at which the daughter was present.

[mn9driver]

4. Nazis subscribe to the idea of Race War

This guy was likely planning to set this stuff off and then blame it on a minority group--most likely muslim, in order to trigger the "War" that they are all convinced must happen.