From The Columbian's web site at http://www.columbian.com/newsroom/topstories.html:
'Assassination Politics' author gets 11 months TACOMA, Wash. - James Dalton Bell, the Vancouver man who wrote an Internet essay entitled "Assassination Politics," was sentenced this morning to 11 months in prison and two to three years of tightly supervised probation. Bell's attorney objected to the probation conditions, which bar Bell from possessing a firearm or chemicals or entering a federal office without prior approval. He may not advocate violence or overthrow of the government. Bell, 39, has been in custody since May. In July, he pleaded guilty to obstructing Internal Revenue Service agents and using false Social Security numbers. Bell also admitted collecting the names and home addresses of IRS employees; proposing the "Assassination Politics" idea that targeted federal employees, and planting a stink bomb in the IRS's Vancouver office in March. -- Marcia Wolf, Columbian staff writer -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles@netbox.com | Export jobs, not crypto. http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | http://www.parrhesia.com