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  • Man admits plotting to bomb RNC

    10/22/2008 8:15:10 AM PDT · by freedomwarrior998 · 28 replies · 1,200+ views
    (Red)StarTribune ^ | 10-22-2008 | PAUL WALSH
    A 23-year-old Michigan man has admitted to plotting to set off a homemade bomb in the tunnels near the Xcel Energy Center, hoping it would cause a power failure and prompt cancellation of the Republican National Convention.
  • Mich. man charged for alleged Xcel bomb plan (RNC)

    09/03/2008 11:54:58 AM PDT · by ButThreeLeftsDo · 27 replies · 313+ views
    KSTP.com ^ | 9/3/08 | Nicole Muehlhausen
    A 23-year-old Michigan man faces up to 10 years in jail for illegally possessing bombs, which he allegedly intended to use to destroy the Xcel Energy Center during the Republican National Convention. Matthew Bradley DePalma, of Flint, Mich., was charged Aug. 30 with one count of possession of firearms. According to his criminal complaint, DePalma had several Molotov cocktails in his possession a week before the start of the RNC. DePalma had been under investigation by federal investigators after he attended a protester conference in Wisconsin in July. Officials said DePalma went to the Hennepin County Library on Aug. 18...