From Seamus Hughes at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism comes the disturbing news story about a lieutenant in the US Coast Guard getting arrested for what initially looked like drugs and guns. Looking at the charging document reveals this person is being considered a domestic terrorist with connections to white supremacists.
Hint about the importance of the case was in the opening paragraph. “The defendant is a domestic terrorist bent on committing acts dangerous to human life”
He was an fan of Anders Breivik
When he was arrested this week in Silver Spring MD, he had a stash of guns and a list of people he wanted to kill. It was a who’s who of media personalities and elected officials.