Animal Liberation Front (ALF) recipy for domestic terrorism - or"Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah(mite), someone's in the kitchen I Know..."
May 24th, 2007
Thomas Barnes, a former deputy district attorney in El Paso County, Colorado promised Denver District Judge William Robbins that his son, suspected eco terrorist Grant Barnes would be a good boy and appear in court in exchange for a drastic reduction in bail. Authorities accuse the 24 year old Barnes of attempting to set off firebombs under seven sport utility vehicles over four days in March, causing extensive fire damage to two of them. Despite objections by Prosecutor Ryan Younggren, Judge Robbins agreed to reduce bail from $200,000 to $100,000 because no one had been injured in the fire bombings (how fortunate!). According to the Rocky Mountain News:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5553671,00.html
And the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5951693source=rss
police found a box of seven more devices in the back of Barnes car which are replicas of bombs portrayed on the web site of terrorist organization Earth Liberation Front, with explosive ingredients and directions titled "Arson-Around with Auntie ALF"
According to the search warrant affidavit, when he was pulled over, Barnes was "extremely nervous and sweating profusely," and investigators are now searching Barnes’ computer for information that would show "he acted in collaboration with members of an arson/terrorist organization. " In the latest affidavit, Denver Fire investigator Leif Skulborstad said that ELF and ALF are interrelated organizations and "both ... use arson and incendiary devices as a terrorist tactic." The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is assisting in the investigation.
Barnes arraignment has been postponed until July to give his lawyer Phil Cherner time to assess whether to file an insanity plea. (Quelle surprise!)
