Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts, say prosecutors

[Tsing Tao]

My understanding was that this guy had not published a manifesto declaring his intent to kill people. He had "drafts" of some nonsense on his computer. The Parkland guy had been in trouble repeatedly and was clearly a time bomb. Same with the Orlando nightclub shooter, who was under FBI watch, but probably was given more latitude because he was muslim and his father was some sort of informant.

I am not defending this Coastie, maybe he was dangerous, certainly he was disturbed. I am just pointing out how easy it is to go down the slippery slope where having a few firearms and visiting some sketchy websites is justification for law enforcement to kick your door down. Any idea that we can trust them or their judgment or integrity should have gone down the drain with the revelations about FBI misconduct relating to the Trump campaign.

We hear a lot from the left about "this is not the kind of country we are." My position is we are a country where you can have as many legal guns as you want and visit whatever websites you choose and it is not the business of the government or anyone else.

There is certainly a slippery slope. But balance must be maintained if we are to apply standards equally and keep people safe. As a member of the armed forces, this man had no privacy and there was something that tipped of an investigation that led to a determination of him being a thread. I, for one, am glad they got to him before anything happened.

Now, this is all based on the information available. If it comes out later that this isn't how it went down, and his rights were violated or that he was not guilty of what they claim, then that is a different story.

 

[LacesOut]

You think right wing terrorist sympathizers have the balls to apologize without weasel words?

Don't you have your 'white nationalism' incest orgy to attend inbred Trumptard?

is your Mom up for another gangbang tonight?

 

[Tsing Tao]

is your Mom up for another gangbang tonight?

Uh, what?

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

His guns, proudly displayed as trophies by LE. Oooh, they're sooo scary. Actually this strikes me as average to slightly below average for a gun collector.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

There is one weapon there that would scare me if I were a pol. I'm sure TT knows which one.

 

[Arnie]

AAA,
If this guy was lefty nut and your name was on his list, would feel the same way?

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

AAA,
If this guy was lefty nut and your name was on his list, would feel the same way?

You mean, if I were someone like Tucker Carlson who had an antifa mob attack his wife alone in their house? While the cops stood by and did nothing.

Of course I don't want my name on a list. But the point is, I wouldn't know if he just kept it private. Which this guy did.

When I look at this case, I see two civil rights violations. One, he was targeted because of protected First Amendment activity, ie accessing the internet. Two, his Second Amendment rights have been violated. What makes the police so sure his guns are illegal? And why are they illegal? Which precise law did he violate? The Dc gun laws have been held unconstitutional repeatedly.

 

[El OchoCinco]

One, he was targeted because of protected First Amendment activity, ie accessing the internet. .

There is no 1st amendment right to access extremist websites on a government computer or make threats against other people.

You might want to take a con law class or crack a book...

 

[El OchoCinco]

You think the below is protected speech???

"I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth," reads a draft email found on his computer. "I think a plague would be most successful but how do I acquire the needed/ Spanish flu, botulism, anthrax not sure yet but will find something."

In another letter to himself found on his computer, court papers say, he says, "I am a long time White Nationalist, having been a skinhead 30 plus years ago before my time in the military."

The Coast Guard flagged him because of internet searches of extremist web sites at work, a federal law enforcement officer told NBC News.

 

[wildchild]

They should lock up this guy for a very long time. He is a disgrace.

Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts, say prosecutors
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/milita...democrats-msnbc-hosts-say-prosecutors-n973786

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant working in the nation's capital lived a secret life as a "domestic terrorist" who aspired to mass murder and compiled a target list of prominent politicians and journalists, federal prosecutors allege in court papers.

Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested Feb. 15 on drug and gun charges, but prosecutors said in a detention memo this week that he intended "to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country."

He has espoused extremist views for years, the court papers say, and he read the manifesto of Anders Breivik, the white supremacist Norwegian terrorist who shot and killed 77 people in 2011.

From January 2017 to January 2019, "the defendant conducted online searches and made thousands of visits for pro-Russian, neo-fascist, and neo-Nazi literature," the document says.

"I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth," reads a draft email found on his computer. "I think a plague would be most successful but how do I acquire the needed/ Spanish flu, botulism, anthrax not sure yet but will find something."

In another letter to himself found on his computer, court papers say, he says, "I am a long time White Nationalist, having been a skinhead 30 plus years ago before my time in the military."

The Coast Guard flagged him because of internet searches of extremist web sites at work, a federal law enforcement officer told NBC News.

"He wasn't too surprised to be arrested, but he was worried about law enforcement officers entering his home, the official said.

A search of his Silver Spring, Maryland, residence yielded 15 firearms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, the court documents say.

He was abusing the narcotic tramadol, and he had stockpiled 30 bottles of human growth hormone, prosecutors said in court papers.

The combination of drugs and guns was a significant concern, the federal law enforcement official said.

Prosecutors allege Hasson was following Breivik's manifesto, seeking to target "political leaders, media leaders, cultural leaders, and industry leaders."

Am I supposed to ignore all the lies the media told over the last 10 years and actually believe this?