The discovery of a sodium cyanide bomb, a stockpile of components needed
to make other chemical weapons and a cache of illegal arms has led to the
arrests of three suspected domestic terrorists and prompted a nationwide
hunt for possible co-conspirators who could be plotting a mass-casualty
attack somewhere in the United States.
KTVT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, reports federal
agents have served hundreds of subpoenas across the country in the
counterterrorism case, which has been the subject of President Bush’s daily
intelligence briefings.
The investigation was triggered with the April arrest of a New Jersey man
tied to the New Jersey Militia who purchased fake identification documents that
got intercepted by federal authorities.
The documents intended for Edward
Feltus, 56, of Old Bridge, N.J., included birth certificates from North Dakota,
Vermont and West Virginia and phony identification cards for the Defense
Intelligence Agency and the United Nations Multinational Force. Feltus pleaded guilty to possessing the documents.
The intercepted package was sent from William Krar of Tyler, Texas.
Last month, Krar, 62, pleaded guilty to possessing a dangerous chemical weapon. His common-law wife, 54-year-old Judith Bruey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess illegal weapons.
The couple were arrested in May after investigators found a large quantity
of sodium cyanide and hydrochloric, nitric and acetic acids, and literature
detailing the use of sodium cyanide to make a chemical weapon in a storage
unit they rented in Tyler. When mixed with sodium cyanide, the acids form extremely lethal cyanide gas.
Investigators also found a cache of illegal firearms in the couple’s possession – including machine guns, an assault rifle and an unregistered silencer – and literature depicting white supremacist and militant beliefs.
KTVT reports an FBI affidavit for a search warrant notes Krar, who is originally from New Hampshire, was “actively involved in the militia movement … a good source of covert weaponry for white supremacist and anti-government militia groups in New Hampshire.”
According to the news station, federal authorities have had their eye on Krar since at least 1995 when ATF agents investigated a possible plot to bomb government buildings. Krar was not charged.
Investigators told KTVT they suspect Krar, who has not paid taxes since 1988, earns a living selling illicit bomb components to underground anti-government groups across the country. Authorities fear he may have manufactured more than one sodium cyanide bomb and sold them.
“One would certainly have to question why an individual would feel compelled to stockpile sodium cyanide, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, acetic acid, unless they had some bad intent,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Wes Rivers told KTVT.
Krar and his conspirators reportedly are not talking to investigators, which fuels speculation of co-conspirators and an outstanding terror plot.
WorldNetDaily reported exclusively last week al-Qaida terrorists are also plotting to use cyanide gas as a weapon of mass destruction.
According to a closely held security directive issued to law enforcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and obtained by WorldNetDaily, al-Qaida terrorists have developed a crude device designed to spread the deadly gas through the ventilation systems of crowded indoor facilities to asphyxiate its victims.
“These gases are most effective when released in confined spaces such as subways, buildings or other crowded indoor facilities,” noted the five-page memo issued Nov. 21. “Al-Qaida remains intent on using chemical or biological agents in attacks on the homeland.”
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