{"id":1144,"date":"2008-05-14T21:42:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T11:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2008-05-14T21:42:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T11:42:44","slug":"eric-mcdavid-twenty-years-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Eric McDavid : Twenty Years Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Eco-terrorist’ gets 20 years for plotting bombing campaign
\nAFP<\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) \u2014 An “eco-terrorist” convicted of plotting to blow up or firebomb government and commercial buildings across California was on Thursday jailed for nearly 20 years, justice officials said.<\/p>\n

Eric McDavid<\/a>, 29, who was found guilty in March on conspiracy to damage or destroy property by fire and an explosive, was sentenced to roughly 19 and a half years prison at a hearing in Sacramento, northern California.<\/p>\n

Two other co-conspirators, Zachary Jenson and Lauren Weiner, have already pleaded guilty in the case and are awaiting sentencing later this year.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the three environmental militants had planned attacks on the US Forest Service’s Institute of Forest Genetics, a dam and fish hatchery, cellular telephone towers and electric power stations.<\/p>\n

Bomb-making expertise was acquired from a book — “Poor Man’s James Bond” — which contains details of how to create home-made explosive devices, justice officials said. The three extremists were arrested in January 2006 after buying materials for the explosives and finalizing their targets, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

“Today’s severe punishment of nearly 20 years in federal prison should serve as a cautionary tale to those who would conspire to commit life-threatening acts in the name of their extremist views<\/a>,” US Attorney McGregor Scott said.<\/p>\n

Weiner will be sentenced on May 15, followed by Jenson on August 7.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note that Eric’s conviction relied in large measure on the testimony of his two co-accused and, crucially, the testimony of a paid FBI infiltrator named “Anna”, whose spirited contribution to combating subversion was recently celebrated<\/a> in Elle<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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