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Ocala, FL man charged with ricin possession [Update -went to court]
Tallahassee Democrat ^ | 1-19-05 | Rick Cundiff

Posted on 01/21/2005 12:00:35 PM PST by OXENinFLA

OCALA - New details emerged in court Tuesday about an Ocala man charged with illegal possession of ricin, a deadly toxin that can be used for bioterrorism.

A search of Steven Michael Ekberg's home computer turned up terrorism-related materials, an FBI agent testified at a preliminary hearing in Ocala.

Ekberg, 22, was arrested Jan. 13 and charged with illegal possession of ricin, a toxin with no known antidote and so lethal that an amount the size of pinhead can kill.

FBI Special Agent Pamela Piersanti testified Tuesday that investigators seized Ekberg's computer at the time of his arrest. They found on the computer a common Internet recipe for producing ricin, as well as the "Unabomber Manifesto" and documents called the "Encyclopedia of Terror," "Anarchy Cookbook for Early 2000" and "The Arsonist Proudly Presents Assorted Ways to Kill Someone," Piersanti said.

(Excerpt) Read more at tallahassee.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anarchistcookbook; anarchycookbook; bio; cbw; domesticterrorists; ekberg; encyclopediaofterror; hls; michaelekberg; mikeekberg; ricin; terroristseverywhere; unabombermanifesto; wto
I vote for a one way ticket to Gitmo!
1 posted on 01/21/2005 12:00:37 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
PING...........
2 posted on 01/21/2005 12:01:13 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

Alter his state of mind, use electrcity.
ops4 God Bless America!


3 posted on 01/21/2005 12:02:21 PM PST by OPS4 (worth repeating)
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To: OXENinFLA
FBI special agent Pamela Piersanti testified Tuesday that Ekberg was a former bartender. A confidential source told investigators Ekberg showed off what he said was poison, saying things like, "If I put this in your drink you would die and no one could trace it to me," and, "If I put this in your food it would make you really sick. You wouldn't die, but it would be painful."

Another source, more info.

4 posted on 01/21/2005 12:03:46 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

They will commit him for a little while.....then give him a ticket to California.


5 posted on 01/21/2005 12:04:31 PM PST by IC Ken
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To: OPS4

A search of my home computer would find all of these things.


6 posted on 01/21/2005 12:05:13 PM PST by patton (Genesis 3:16)
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To: OXENinFLA

Gotta get this man in touch with my son's former boy scout leader who's serving 15 years in the federal pen for making ricin to knock off his wife so he and his mistress could traipse off to lalaland.


7 posted on 01/21/2005 12:05:51 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: OXENinFLA

DU loses another member to the "thugs at BushCo".


8 posted on 01/21/2005 12:15:42 PM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: OXENinFLA

Hey? How old is this castor bean dip in the back of your fridge? Can I have some?


9 posted on 01/21/2005 12:16:06 PM PST by Sax
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To: OXENinFLA

Is ti illegal to grow castor beans now?


10 posted on 01/21/2005 12:25:20 PM PST by RWCon (P)
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To: RWCon
No he had RICIN it was refined.

Here's the original story

Man Arrested After Ricin Seen in Home FOX News ^ | January 13, 2005 | AP

11 posted on 01/21/2005 12:27:32 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA

Throw the book at him!


12 posted on 01/21/2005 12:42:57 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: OPS4
Alter his state of mind, use electrcity

Liquid, solid, or gas?

13 posted on 01/21/2005 2:30:11 PM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: OXENinFLA

Bump


14 posted on 01/21/2005 6:34:15 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: OXENinFLA

Hope they never search my coffee cup.

I have no idea what is growing in the bottom of that thing. Last time I wiped it out the rag stuck to the bottom. Its either got to be a substance used in bioterrorism or else an endangered species. Either way I'm sunk.


15 posted on 01/21/2005 8:05:37 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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