Man seized at Army base had land mine, laser scope

Associated Press ^ | KATE BRUMBACK

[Free ThinkerNY]

FORT GORDON, Ga. (AP) -- A civilian pretending to be a soldier convinced an Army officer to give him a sophisticated laser sight for military rifles before he was caught hours later on the base with a land mine, several grenades and night vision devices, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors said in a criminal complaint that Anthony Todd Saxon, 34, falsely pretended to be an Army master sergeant on Tuesday and sought to steal the infrared laser targeting sight.

[Paladin2]

WTF?

[DBrow]

Ah! A little clarity. Previous articles just said, “an explosive”, which these days could be an M-80.

A land mine, though, packs a lot more punch and import.

[Yo-Yo]

“Buddy, can you spare a Claymore?”

[Red_Devil 232]

Ok what is up with this incident and the one in Fla.? We know who this guy in Ga is already and nothing out of the AF in Fla? Or have I missed some info?

[Pollster1]

A civilian pretending to be a soldier convinced an Army officer to give him a sophisticated laser sight for military rifles . . .

I'm guessing this will not be good for the officer's career!

[Right Wing Assault]

So, I wonder if he thinks he needs a laser sight to aim his landmine?

[two23]

This morning the report said a bag of grenades.
http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2010/06/explosives-found-in-car-at-for.html

[NC28203]

>>>Ok what is up with this incident and the one in Fla.? We know who this guy in Ga is already and nothing out of the AF in Fla? Or have I missed some info?

The couple accused of attempting unauthorized entry on to MacDill Air Force Base has been identified. The male, who is AWOL from the United States Army, is identified as Specialist Christopher Paul Kilburn. Kilburn was stationed with Alpha Company, 1-16th 1st Infantry Division in Fort Riley, Kansas.

The female has been identified as Micah Noel Goodier of Palm Beach, Florida. Goodier has not military connections and is being charged by the United States Attorney’s office. The couple’s ages have not been released but earlier reports said that they were in their twenties.

[jesseam]

RE: I’m guessing this will not be good for the officer’s career .

I’m thinking this might be reflected on his OER/ —in a negative way. But with the current PC craze in the Army, maybe not. Retired Army

[nicko]

...that part sounds pretty shaky...why would an officer have it in the first place, and why would anyone just hand it over...?

[La Enchiladita]

Is this the same guy who went on a private, solo mission to get bin laden?

[Ecliptic]

Not the same guy....The mission guy has a beard, long gray hair and is stocky..

[GingisK]

“Buddy, can you spare a Claymore?”

It would be interesting to see someone use of of those babies with a scope. Maybe that makes the backscatter seem far away. After all, you'd have to look the wrong way through the scope to see that.