Posted on 03/17/2008 4:58:37 PM PDT by John Jorsett
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The man at the center of a ricin scare at a Las Vegas motel says he never had any intention of hurting anyone with the deadly biological agent, his brother told The Associated Press.
Roger Bergendorff, who finally regained consciousness last week after almost a month of hospitalization, possessed the ricin powder found in his motel room in February and believes he was contaminated by it, said Erich Bergendorff, who talked to his brother on the phone Sunday.
"He just confirmed that it was not intended for anybody," Erich Bergendorff said in a telephone interview from his home north of San Diego in Escondido. "It was something that would be used for his own purposes, for self-defense."
Roger Bergendorff, 57, was upgraded from critical to fair condition Monday at Spring Valley Medical Center.
Erich Bergendorff said his brother was cooperating with investigators who questioned him at the hospital Friday. Las Vegas police referred questions to the FBI, which declined to comment Monday.
Erich Bergendorff said Sunday's conversation was his first with Roger since he regained consciousness. He said his brother told him the ricin powder was easy to make but wasn't clear on whether he or someone else made it.
"He did talk as though he just had it there; he was almost kind of casual about it," Erich Bergendorff said. "... He did mention the ricin and seemed to say something like, 'Gee, it sure worked on me.'"
Ricin can be lethal in amounts the size of the head of a pin. It has no antidote and is legal only for cancer research.
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Baloney!!!
They aren’t retards they are liars. We are being lied to. They know damn well that this guy intended mass murder. But our masters don’t think we can handle the truth. We might stop buying so much at the malls.
I wonder what affect it would have on a Rodney King sort of riot?
Hard to believe.
If it werent so serious it would be funny. Who was the detective? Harvey Korman?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoOfXt81HTM
“The dog ate my homework”.
Good Lord!
I suppose the FBI is buying it too. (eye roll) Nothing to see here and all that jazz. Thanks for the ping. I am speechless....LOL
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