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Ricin, Guns, and Anarchy - Oh My!

Scary stuff.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN)—Officers who found the deadly poison ricin in a Las Vegas, Nevada, extended-stay hotel room also discovered firearms and an “anarchist-type textbook” with an entry about ricin bookmarked, police said Friday.

Two tests had confirmed the substance found was ricin, and that a man who was staying there has been hospitalized for more than two weeks and is in critical condition, police said Friday.

The 57-year-old man, whose name was not released, summoned authorities February 14 and asked to be transported to a hospital because of difficulty breathing, Kathy Suey, deputy chief of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, told reporters.

Posted by Owen at 1334 hrs
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1. The anarchist-type textbook profiles the individual or group quite nicely for me. It’s good to know that we’re probably dealing with a misguided idiot, rather than a larger plot. That’s not to say these people aren’t dangerous, though.

   Posted by Aaron on March 01, 2008 at 1406 hrs
   
   
   

2. Oh, and FYI to any other misguided idiots: those books are often written with bad instructions, intended to backfire.

   Posted by Aaron on March 01, 2008 at 1407 hrs
   
   
   

3. I can understand the Vegas police wanting to downplay this but am puzzled by the FBI’s statements that it is not terrorism related.

   What the hell is their definition of terrorism?

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 1456 hrs
   
   
   

4. What the hell is their definition of terrorism?

   Beats me, but my definition is someone who attempts to frighten people, or an unofficial enemy combatant.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 1557 hrs
   
   
   

5. Now that I am a Las Vegan, if they, the FBI, used the word terrorism, it will scare people away from the casino and the other attractions.
   There is going to be a lot more to this story.  It is not easy to make Ricen.  Apparently it is easier to make Anthrax or mustard gas.  So, this just not 1 poor soul.  Also, they did not find any supplies to make the stuff in the room.  He brought it into the hotel.  Where did he get it and what did he intend to do with it?  Our media is reporting some of it, but they are not going to report it as terrorism, even if it is.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 1606 hrs
   
   
   

6. If someone is found with vials of ricin, firearms and an “anarchist-type textbook” it is not characterzied as a potential terrorist threat?  Is ricin not a potential tool of mass murder?

   This is a very strange story.  If they claim there is no terrorism link (which is the obvious assumption) they should give their alternative hypothesis.

   If this guy was middle eastern Ashcroft’s fear meter would have been cranked up and the mass exodus of tourists would have started within 24 hours.  The feds better have this story all straightened out.  If it turns out this guy is part of a bigger threat, there is going to be a huge backlash for keeping it mum.  Or at least there should be.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 1719 hrs
   
   
   

7. What does Ashcroft have to do with it?

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 1955 hrs
   
   
   

8. curiouser and curiouser:

   http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/01/the-las-vegas-ricin-case-man-in-coma-idd-as-roger-von-bergendorff/

   That must be one hell of a cleaning staff they have if this guy did not bring it in with him.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 2025 hrs
   
   
   

9. Ashcroft came up with the threat-o-meter or whatever that silly thing is called.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 2128 hrs
   
   
   

10. if they, the FBI, used the word terrorism, it will scare people away from the casino and the other attractions.

    This of course takes precedent over any loss of life?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 01, 2008 at 2310 hrs
    
    
    

11. pjr, almost any otehr place than here.  You are right, but here in Vegas, they have to keep up the image of a perfect place.  No matter that theyhad several shootings on the Strip the last few months, including guy who opened up in a casino.  But all is well, nothing to see here is their motto, I believe.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2008 at 0318 hrs
    
    
    

12. and curiouer…

    Universal Detection Technology’s Analysis of the Recent Ricin Incident in Las Vegas

    http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0369071.htm

    
    The link in the CNN story leads you to…

    
    The page cannot be found
    The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2008 at 1417 hrs
    
    
    

13. The link is back, bu tdon’t know if the story changed.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 02, 2008 at 1956 hrs
    
    
    

14. Oh no. That is scary news. I hope this does not escalate to anything serious.

    Posted by JJ on March 03, 2008 at 1046 hrs
    
    
    

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