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Appendix F: Threats Interdicted Case Studies
Appendix F: Threats Interdicted Case Studies
Pages 189-194
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JAMES BELL In 1997, a man from Oregon named James Bell was arrested for advocating attacks on federal agents, specifically IRS personnel.1 When Bell was apprehended, he was found to have a significant quantity of sodium cyanide, although this seems to be a relatively minor aspect of what he was planning (AP, 1997)
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. Federal agents arrested two antigovernment militia members in connection with an alleged plan, after a nearly yearlong investigation by an FBI terrorism task force into a potential threat against the Suburban Propane facility in Elk Grove and other targets in the Sacramento area.
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JARRETT WILLIAM SMITH The case against Jarrett William Smith, who pled guilty to two counts of "distributing information related to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction" (DOJ, 2020) , to possible right-wing extremist groups, is illustrative of the challenges of identifying domestic violent extremists with interest in chemical terrorism.
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This information included Smith's offer of what he claimed were methods for producing chemical agents intended to injure or kill domestic elected officials. The charging complaint, specifically, provides a transcript of Smith's statements that included instructions to generate chlorine and what was subsequently identified as napalm2: Smith: If you want a quick and cheap gas grenade, a [combination of commonly available chemicals]
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Department of Justice website, United States Attorney Richard B Roper, Northern Dis trict of Texas, December 17, 2008.
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"U.S. Officials Link Klan Faction to 1 of 4 People Held in Texas Bomb Plot." The New York Times website, April 25, 1997.
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