FBI report on the MLK Bomb

[pokerfan]

As reported on the local news this evening. From publicintelligence.net:

— (U//LES) The black powder charge was intended to propel lead fishing weights as shrapnel (see Fig 3). Lead weights and ball bearings are commonly used in pipe bombs as shrapnel, and their use is discussed in several violent extremist publications. The lead weights were covered in a green substance, which chemical examination confirmed as containing brodifacoum, one of several active ingredients in rat poison. Due to the presence of this particular ingredient in numerous types of rat poison, the particular brand cannot be determined.
— (U//LES) The entire pipe IED assembly was contained within an open-ended plywood box wrapped in several t-shirts, which in turn were wrapped several times with tape. This bundle was concealed in the backpack.

http://publicintelligence.net/ules-dhs-fbi-spokane-white-supremacist-mlk-parade-ied-bulletin

[JDPriestly]

1. How sick can you get?

[pokerfan]

3. Pretty sick

More here: http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=14265374">FIRST ON KHQ: What The FBI Found Inside Of The Backpack]

[jaysunb]

2. They used to just hang us.....

:evilfrown:

[pokerfan]

4. At least the FBI is treating it as an act of domestic terrorism

even if the media (with the exception of Maddow) is not. :(

[Lochloosa]

6. ...

:hug:

[pokerfan]

7. +1000

:grouphug:

[pokerfan]

5. kicking