Mac Norton wrote:

There was a weapons charge as well, which will always complicate matters considerably.

There was a weapons charge -- Molotov cocktail -- in the first indictment which was dropped. The second indictment was for the single charge of distribution of information, to wit: 18:842(p)(2)(A) Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives, Destructive Devices and Weapons of Mass Destruction http://cryptome.org/usa-v-sma-dkt2.htm Mac's right that this kind of information is idiot cousin of controlled substances. Law is an prejudiced ass. That is why Sherman, a minority youngster, took a hit in cracker Southern California while two old honkies on the Left Coast addicted to 1A who offer the same information get no re-education sentence at all -- well, as the Boston youngster wrote "yet."