John Young writes: Thanks for posting this.
The Oregonian, May 20, 1997, Metro Section P-1:
IRS says suspect discussed sabotage
An affidavit says a Vancouver man arrested Friday talked of sabotaging Portland's 9-1-1 computer and Bull Run water
By John Painter, Jr., of the Oregonian staff
Vancouver, Wash. -- A Vancouver man arrested Friday by Internal Revenue agents discussed sabotaging the computers in Portland's 9-1-1 center and talked about using a botulism toxin to contaminate the Bull Run water supply, a federal agent said Monday.
James Dalton Bell, 38, appeared Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Tacoma and was accused in an 18-page affidavit of scheming to overthrow the U.S. government.
The _IRS_ can arrest people for 'scheming to overthrow the U.S. government' !? I thought that was the FBIs job. I'm sure they'd have wanted to be in on it if he was as big a terrorist as they're making him out to be. Maybe the FBI that the bulk of the charges are bogus and wanted nothing to do with them, but the IRS went ahead anyhow to harass him and to justify their earlier search. Food for thought and grounds for further research... -- Eric Murray ericm@lne.com Privacy through technology! Network security and encryption consulting. PGP keyid:E03F65E5