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To: a fool in paradise

Post up links, so that we can spread the word. Lots of us do viral emails and post on other forums.


157 posted on 04/19/2010 2:21:11 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow
This one is from the Austin American Statesman (Austin's daily paper, liberal leaning, one of the figures involved was from Austin):

Social activist, organizer ... and FBI informant:(RNC CONVENTION ALMOST FIREBOMBED!!) (Statesman.com Jan 3, 2009 By David Hanners)

In four years, he has gone from a never-trust-the-government activist to the confidential informant who helped the FBI arrest two Austin men on suspicion of building firebombs during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in September...

Darby was the government's chief informant in the case against David McKay and Bradley Crowder. The two are scheduled to go on trial in U.S. District Court on Jan. 26 on accusations they built Molotov cocktails during the convention. They are being held without bail.

Prosecutors say the two men built the firebombs because they were angry that police had seized a trailer filled with riot shields they had built and hauled to Minnesota.

In a conversation recorded by the FBI, McKay told Darby he planned to use the explosives on law-enforcement cars parked in a lot near the convention site, officials said.

"What if there's a cop sleeping in the car?" Darby asked McKay, according to an affidavit by Christopher Langert, a special agent in the FBI's Minneapolis office. "He'll wake up," McKay allegedly replied.

McKay also told Darby, "It's worth it if an officer gets burned or maimed," the affidavit said.


226 posted on 04/20/2010 8:47:56 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
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