Pentagon gunman 'had gone off the deep end,' according to friends, writings

The Washington Post ^ | March 5, 2010 | Mary Pat Flaherty, Hamil R. Harris and Michael E. Ruane

[myknowledge]

John Patrick Bedell, whose doomed, cross-country odyssey ended in a brief gun battle outside the Pentagon Thursday night, was a well-educated but troubled student of science, economy and society who "had gone off the deep end" and believed that the United States was controlled by a sinister organization leading it toward a new dark age, according to friends and Internet postings attributed to him.

Bedell, 36, who was shot and killed by Pentagon security guards, had recently been living with his parents in Hollister, Calif., one friend of the family said, but had dropped out of contact after saying he was taking off on a car trip. His parents recently filed a missing-persons report with authorities. His parents warned authorities their son was upset and might have gun, a source told the Associated Press.

[myknowledge]

...and believed that the United States was controlled by a sinister organization leading it toward a new dark age, according to friends and Internet postings attributed to him.

One thing this paranoid security guard got right...?

[GeronL]

what was his DU/Kos/Huff screen name?

[bgill]

and believed that the United States was controlled by a sinister organization leading it toward a new dark age

He did have that lucid moment.

[truthguy]

was a well-educated but troubled student of science, economy and society who "had gone off the deep end" and believed that the United States was controlled by a sinister organization leading it toward a new dark age, according to friends and Internet postings attributed to him.

He wasn't altogether wrong. I happen to believe we are controlled by a sinister organization and that organization is the Democrat Party. This is not the Democrat Party of Harry S. Truman, JFK or even Lyndon Johnson. This is a party of fools who are likely to get us all killed.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“...and believed that the United States was controlled by a sinister organization leading it toward a new dark age, according to friends and Internet postings attributed to him.”

He was right about the plot, wrong about the participants.

[perchprism]

He was a barking moonbat who got exactly what he had coming to him.

[LouAvul]

Gone off the deep end? Ya think?

[Blood of Tyrants]

They will come out in a few days.

[boop]

36 years old, living with parents, UC Santa Cruz graduate, anti-Bush,lunatic. Just HAS to be a right winger.

[myknowledge]

There must be a connection between Joseph Stack and this nut John Patrick Bedell...

[Tolsti2]

This guy is a poster boy for why pot has to stay illegal and needs much harsher penalties as well.