Previous message: "Verified: FBI has raided anarchist site raisethefist.com" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03086.html ----- Forwarded message from Duncan Frissell <frissellat_private> ----- From: Duncan Frissell <frissellat_private> Subject: 'Raise the Fist' Owner Busted in NYC To: cypherpunksat_private, declanat_private Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 09:59:52 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/40632.htm BABY 'BOMB' BUST By BRAD HUNTER and LARRY CELONA of the New York Post February 5, 2002 -- A would-be teen terrorist, wanted by the FBI for allegedly posting a how-to-blow-things-up Web site, was nabbed during World Economic Forum demonstrations, cops said yesterday. Sherman Austin, 18, of tony Sherman Oaks, Calif., was arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct during a demonstration at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue. They soon discovered that Austin was suspected by the feds of posting explosives information on the Internet. When investigators raided his apartment Jan 24, they said they discovered a treasure-trove of mischief-making tools. In addition to computers, they found literature advocating revolution, gas canisters, iced-tea bottles filled with flammable material, gas masks and an anarchist flag. Austin's car contained fertilizer, cans of brake fluid and two gas canisters. He runs an anarchist Web site that provides a litany of methods that can be used for urban thuggery - including making explosives. He has been turned over to the feds. [...] ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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