There is the main paragraph describing what they are accused of.
No, that's ABC's knucklehead interpretation of what they are accused of. Gun possession and paintball war games are not crimes, unless the guns are purchased with intent to commit a crime, or the paintball "games" were practice for their ultimate goal: joining a terrorist group and participating in armed warfare against an ally of the United States (in this case, India).
The counts of the indictment include "commencing an expedition against a friendly nation," receipt of firearm or ammunition with cause to believe will be committed therewith," "acquisition of a firearm after arrival from a foreign country with intent to engage in crime of violence," "transfer of a firearm for use in a crime of violence," "conspiracy to possess and use a firearm in connection with a crime of violence," "false official statement," "using a firearm in connection with a crime of violence."
These were no boy scouts having fun with paintball guns -- they are radical Islamists using the freedoms afforded by this country to wage jihad on another country -- and then safely retreat like scurrying rats back to the comfortable homes in the U.S., where they bragged of their exploits.
Although I don't expect someone who accepts ABC's interpretation of anything to be legitimately interested in the truth, here's the actual indictment:
USA vs. Randall Todd Royer et al
To be clear I don't accept either ABC News or the US Govt. interpretation of anything without applying critical thought. If you reread me posting you will see that I was critical of ABC for their obvious use of trigger words.
The original poster did not post the indictment. I was commenting on what he posted. Thank you for posting the indictment, this is useful.
As someone who distrusts mainstream media are you at all concerned that the inditment relies on information from the Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Times, CNN.com, and BBC News to make their case? This is clearly called out in sections 5,6,7 and 8. You don't think I'm interested in the truth because I trust ABC's "knuckleheaded interpretation" of what they are accused of but you trust FedGov to use these same sources and arrive at the truth. Strange.
In any case much more interesting than that they used AK-47s at the shooting range is that they flew to Pakistan, went to the terrorist ouposts and shot at Indian troops. Funny how that didn't make the summary. We are being indoctrinated to think target practice is illegal instead of shooting at people. Funny they didn't report it that way.
I would certainly agree that the govt. has a pretty good case that these fellows are wanna-be terrorists who wanted to attack India and possibly the United States troops in Pakistan as well.
Hope they fry 'em.
Later.