Posted on 11/13/2024 10:03:58 AM PST by EBH
Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested by federal agents and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.
“As charged, Skyler Philippi believed he was moments away from launching an attack on a Nashville energy facility to further his violent white supremacist ideology – but the FBI had already compromised his plot,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “This case serves as yet another warning to those seeking to sow violence and chaos in the name of hatred by attacking our country’s critical infrastructure: the Justice Department will find you, we will disrupt your plot, and we will hold you accountable. I am grateful to the public servants of the FBI for their extraordinary work on this case and for the work they do every day to keep our country safe.”
“Those fueled by hate and inspired to violence by racial or ethnic bias pose a grave threat to our national security,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. “As alleged in today’s charges, Skyler Philippi, a man dedicated to white supremacist ideology and the destruction of our critical infrastructure, planned to attack Nashville’s power grid using a drone carrying an explosive device. Thanks to brave work by the FBI, his scheme was thwarted. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to identify, disrupt, and hold accountable those who seek to wage such hate-fueled violence, which has no place in America or anywhere else.”
“Driven by a racially motivated violent extremist ideology, the defendant allegedly planned to attack the power grid with a drone and explosives, leaving thousands of Americans and critical infrastructure like hospitals without power,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “The FBI’s swift work led to the detection and disruption of the defendant’s plot before he could cause any damage. We are committed to holding accountable anyone who threatens the security of our critical infrastructure or seeks to harm American communities through domestic violent extremism.”
“Dangerous threats to our critical infrastructure threaten every member of this community and will not be tolerated,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Thomas J. Jaworski for the Middle District of Tennessee. “We will always work with our law enforcement partners to identify and stop any and all efforts to wreak this kind of havoc and will not hesitate in prosecuting those involved to the fullest extent of the law.”
“As alleged, the defendant in this case conducted extensive research into explosive devices and potential targets to launch an attack against critical infrastructure,” said Special Agent in Charge Joe Carrico of the FBI Nashville Field Office. “The FBI is committed to doing everything in our ability to detect, disrupt, and deter attacks by domestic violent extremists, and will continue to pursue those who look to commit acts of violence in furtherance of their ideological beliefs.”
Beginning in June 2024, Philippi told a confidential human source (CHS) about his desire to commit a mass shooting at a YMCA facility located in or around Columbia, Tennessee. In July 2024, Philippi told another CHS about the impact of attacking large interstate substations and said that attacking several substations would “shock the system,” causing other substations to malfunction. Philippi researched previous attacks on electric substations and concluded that attacking with firearms would not be sufficient. Philippi, therefore, planned to use a drone with explosives attached to it and to fly the drone into the substation.
In September 2024, Philippi drove with undercover employees (UCEs) of the FBI to an electric substation previously researched and targeted by Philippi, and Philippi conducted reconnaissance of the substation. While driving, Philippi ordered a plastic explosive composition known as C-4 and other explosives from the UCEs. Philippi later purchased black powder to be used in pipe bombs, which Philippi intended to use during the attack on the substation. Philippi texted the CHS: “if you want to do the most damage as an accelerationist, attack high economic, high tax, political zones in every major metropolis.” Referring to the substation, Philippi stated, “Holy sh**. This will go up like a fu**in fourth of July firework.” Philippi talked about operational security, including the need for disguises, the use of leather gloves (because latex and nitrile gloves can transfer fingerprints), wearing shoes that are too big, the need to burn their clothes after the attack, and not bringing smartphones on the night of the attack.
On Nov. 2, 2024, Philippi participated in a Nordic ritual, which included reciting a Nordic prayer and discussing the Norse god Odin. Philippi told the UCEs that “this is where the New Age begins” and that it was “time to do something big” that would be remembered “in the annals of history.” Philippi and the UCEs drove to the operation site. The UCEs moved to their assigned positions as lookouts for Philippi. Law-enforcement agents arrested Philippi. When he was taken into custody, Philippi was at the rear of the vehicle, with the drone powered up, and the explosive device was armed and located next to the drone.
Philippi is charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted destruction of an energy facility. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI Nashville Field Office is investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Kurtzman of the Middle District of Tennessee and Trial Attorneys Justin Sher and James Donnelly of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting the case.
A complaint is merely an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Updated November 5, 2024
Autistic
False Flag by the FBLie
Let me guess. He was “on their radar?”
You could turn your sets off there, folks. Fishier than a school of dolphins.
***Philippi participated in a Nordic ritual, which included reciting a Nordic prayer and discussing the Norse god Odin.***
Sounds like he got his ideas from...you know who!
From Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by shirer...Page 213
http://elibrary.bsu.edu.az/files/books_400/N_389.pdf
What the Hitler government envisioned for Germany was clearly set out in a
thirty-point program for the ”National Reich Church” drawn up during the war
by Rosenberg, an outspoken pagan, who among his other offices held that of
”the Fuehrer’s Delegate for the Entire Intellectual and Philosophical Education
and Instruction for the National Socialist Party.” A few of its thirty articles
convey the essentials:
1. The National Reich Church of Germany categorically claims the
exclusive right and the exclusive power to control all churches
within the borders of the Reich: it declares these to be national
churches of the German Reich.
5. The National Church is determined to exterminate irrevoca-
bly . . . the strange and foreign Christian faiths imported into
Germany in the ill-omened year 800.
7. The National Church has no scribes, pastors, chaplains or
priests, but National Reich orators are to speak in them.
13. The National church demands immediate cessation of the pub-
lishing and dissemination of the Bible in Germany . . .
14. The National Church declares that to it, and therefore to the
German nation, it has been decided that the Fuehrer’s Mein
Kampf is the greatest of all documents. It . . . not only contains
the greatest but it embodies the purest and truest ethics for the
present and future life of our nation.
18. The National Church will clear away from its altars all cruci-
fixes, Bibles and pictures of saints.
19. On the altars there must be nothing but Mein Kampf (to the
German nation and therefore to God the most sacred book)
and to the left of the altar a sword.
30. On the day of its foundation, the Christian Cross must be re-
moved from all churches, cathedrals and chapels . . . and it
must be superseded by the only unconquerable symbol, the
swastika.
he looks like somebody who would like to get his jollies off on the kindergarten kids ...
Wasn't this suppose to happen before the election?
Was the nutcase late because he was chickening out?
The new FBI will be tasked with finding young progressive men who might have 'violence' in their hearts. I'm sure we can find thousands. Just think of all the 'crimes' we'll be "preventing"...
Will newspapers pick up these stores and see the FBI and DOJ as heroic when 100% of lone wolf catches are progressive young men? LOL
I remember two articles about the FBI posted here in January of 2021. The first involved them helping a would be white supremacist they met in chatrooms acquire explosives to attempt to bomb a synagogue back in 2019. The other was the FBI helping a white supremacist youth purchase machine gun/select fire rifle back in 2017. I don’t believe either would have been successful without the Bureau’s assistance. Then let us not forget the Whitmer kidnapping entrapment in Oct 2020.
I don’t believe a damn thing these people say, because it seems like more often than not they’re aiding the poor bastard that they’re entrapping.
It’s hard to believe these sculls full of mush persist in a modern society. It is evidence the government institutions of education are failing in many areas in developing thinking that has a modicum of critical thinking skills, values, and practical skills. Instead, we have people that get stuck on the bottom of society’s shoes that needs a sand blaster to get off. All they leave is one big, brown, skid mark.
Spit!
Uhh...dolphins are, like...mammals.
Never order your C-4 from the FBI
This seems like horse shit: “a man dedicated to white supremacist ideology” on the side of the eco crowd to destroy energy infrastructure? Smells like the DOJ and FBI are colluding to get good press.
Philippi was busted after he performed a ritualistic prayer to Odin and drove to the operation site with informants, where he was apprehended by federal agents.
A new kind of phishing. Phishing for idiots.
What did he have? A pickup truck full of COVID boosters?
Here's a photo from the Fox News copy of the story:
A selfie that prosecutors say shows Skyler Philippi and two undercover agents posing with bombs intended for his alleged plot to blow up Nashville's power grid. Philippi, on the right, is pictured wearing the same shirt in his mugshot. (Department of Justice)
I need a nap...
If this follows standard MO the feds found some impressionable low IQ on a gaming forum, talked up whatever fringe ideology they thought would radicalize him, taught him how to commit a crime, goaded him into taking the first steps, then arrested him for a big media splash.
They have done similar using Muslim kids. I’m willing to bet there never would have been a crime, or even a plan, without feds cooking it up. If that is found to be the case the handlers should be charged as accomplices.
Tucker Carlson Show
Former CIA Officer Amaryllis Fox Kennedy
EMP bombs could destroy our power stations
WW3 would have killed 80 to 90 percent of all Americans in the first year.
https://youtu.be/5xnvaHlcaL4?t=4975
Not sure I see how a drone with an IED is a weapon of mass destruction......but it’s good he was caught (provided he wasn’t setup...so hard to tell anymore).
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