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I agree to an extent, but here's the article: >Mr Pendley attended the Capitol Riots of 6 January, investigators found, having driven from Texas to Washington
by devindotcom 5y ago
I agree to an extent, but here's the article:
>Mr Pendley attended the Capitol Riots of 6 January, investigators found, having driven from Texas to Washington DC. Investigators said he told friends he had brought an assault rifle with him, but left it in his car...
>The posts from "Dionysus" that sparked concern spoke of his desire to "conduct a little experiment," which he said would be dangerous and "draw a lot of heat" and could be "dangerous". Asked by another user what the result would be, he responded, "death", according to the court documents.
>The FBI managed to uncover Dionysus's email address, and link that to his Facebook account and real-world identity.
>In late January, Mr Pendley began using the encrypted messaging app Signal to detail his plans to bomb an AWS facility - but the recipient of those messages was a confidential FBI informant, investigators said.
>Over the course of February, Mr Pendley shared his plans, including the type of explosive he sought, potential targets, and maps.
Of course we are getting this report from the FBI files, but it doesn't really sound like this particular person was being drawn into a web, or that they could reasonably just ignore him as a crank. Bombings like these do get carried out after all, in Nashville for instance.