Leftist Student Gets Slap on the Wrist for Anti-military Bomb Plot

NewsMax ^ | 11/12/03 | Wires

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

A college student charged with plotting to bomb Coast Guard and Army National Guard stations has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of trying to obtain explosives. Under a plea agreement disclosed Tuesday, Paul Douglas Revak, 20, hopes to be home by Christmas, said his attorney Thomas W. Hillier II.

'Expressing His Frustration' With Bush

"I don't think Paul has a mean bone in his body. I think he was expressing his frustration with how the administration was dealing with the Iraq situation and got a little carried away," Hillier said.

Revak was arrested in June after investigators said he tried to get another student to help him bomb the Coast Guard station in Bellingham. He was also accused of talking about obtaining or making C-4 explosives and bombing other military installations.

'Anarchist' Doesn't Mind Getting Break From the System

According to court papers, the Western Washington University student described himself as an anarchist and gave another student a "manifesto" in which he declared war against the government. He was arrested outside a department store after purchasing a pellet gun.

Federal agents later found camouflage hats, face paint, black gloves, a ski mask, a walkie-talkie and bolt cutters in his dormitory room, but no explosives, according to court documents.

He could have faced up to life in prison if convicted of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and solicitation to commit a crime of violence.

Instead he pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of explosives, which carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. He likely will be sentenced to six months to a year and a half, Hillier said, which means he could be released as early as Dec. 5.

"Mr. Revak is only 20, with no prior offenses. Most of what he did was just talk," assistant U.S. attorney Andrew Hamilton said. "We felt that he was culpable, but we had to look at all the factors and what would be the just result."

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Little sh#t will be saved by the same "system" he so loathes.

Think he'll learn anything from this?

Doubt it...

[Semper Paratus]

I would have been lenient, sentence him until the 'War on Terror' is over.

[APFel]

If the Patriot Act is everything that the left says it is, this goober would have been sent up for the rest of his life without trial.

Don't believe the lies.

[steplock]

It is time to "BOMB" these leftits back! We are at WAR!

[steplock]

"leftits" = subconcious desires ?

:>)

ok ok - LEFTISTS!!!

[AppyPappy]

Let's see if the abortion clinic bombing suspect gets the same treatment.

[HarleyD]

"I don't think Paul has a mean bone in his body. ... According to court papers, the Western Washington University student described himself as an anarchist and gave another student a "manifesto" in which he declared war against the government.

I hope stupidity isn't contagious.

[Major_Risktaker]

'Expressing His Frustration' With Bush

I don't get this attitude about frustration with Bush. What has Bush done to get these people uspset? To me Bush spends money like a Democrate and all of the programs are funded. What can it be?

[livius]

Exactly. Not that I'm in favor of either one of them, but this kid clearly had every intention of killing American military personnel (the Coast Guard presumably being easier to attack than other forces) and he gets off almost scot free? Being a leftist means never having to say you're sorry.

[nevergore]

It's obvious this little boy needs a good *ss kicking...

But more concerning is that he apparently did not violate any laws....He talked about bombing facilities and being an anarchist but by the governments own admissions neither had the means nor materials to carry out his statements....

Thought police? The government gets a pass in court since the kid pleaded and with the little information provided in the article I'm concerned with the Fed's approach.

Anyone else?

NeverGoire

[m1-lightning]

"I think he was expressing his frustration with how the administration was dealing with the Iraq situation and got a little carried away,"

I think he should get a life sentence and just say the government was expressing their frustration with how the leftists were dealing with the protest and got a little carried away.

[dead]

He planned on blowing up the building, than shooting any survivors who emerged from the wreckage.

Poor misguided, but good-hearted, liberal.

[m1-lightning]

What has Bush done to get these people uspset?

He won the 2000 election. What is it at some college football games that get people upset to the point that they riot and level neighborhoods? It's immaturity.

[.cnI redruM]

Gee, how different is this man from Timothy McVeigh. Did the OK City bombing teach us nothing?

[kallisti]

"...gave another student a "manifesto" in which he declared war against the government. He was arrested outside a department store after purchasing a pellet gun."

he seems more a threat to himself.

[randog]

Gee, how different is this man from Timothy McVeigh.

Or Kleibold and Harris. I can guarantee you, if this kid was plotting to blow-up a school we wouldn't be hearing these excuses.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Let's see if the abortion clinic bombing suspect gets the same treatment.

Bears repeating.

BUMP

[TigersEye]

"Mr. Revak is only 20, with no prior offenses. Most of what he did was just talk," assistant U.S. attorney Andrew Hamilton said....

That was true of Dylan and Klebold until the day they shot up their high school. Oh well, no guns involved here, poor little misunderstood anarchists.