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Leftist Student Gets Slap on the Wrist for Anti-military Bomb Plot NewsMax.com WiresEVERETT, Wash. – A college student charged with plotting to bomb Coast Guard and Army National Guard stations has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of trying to obtain explosives. Under a plea agreement disclosed Tuesday, Paul Douglas Revak, 20, hopes to be home by Christmas, said his attorney Thomas W. Hillier II.
'Expressing His Frustration' With Bush "I don't think Paul has a mean bone in his body. I think he was expressing his frustration with how the administration was dealing with the Iraq situation and got a little carried away," Hillier said. Revak was arrested in June after investigators said he tried to get another student to help him bomb the Coast Guard station in Bellingham. He was also accused of talking about obtaining or making C-4 explosives and bombing other military installations: Whidbey Island Naval Air Station near Oak Harbor and the Washington Air National Guard and Army National Guard stations near Bellingham International Airport.
'Anarchist' Doesn't Mind Getting Break From the System According to court papers, the Western Washington University student described himself as an anarchist and gave another student a "manifesto" in which he declared war against the government. He was arrested outside a department store after purchasing a pellet gun. Federal agents later found camouflage hats, face paint, black gloves, a ski mask, a walkie-talkie and bolt cutters in his dormitory room, but no explosives, according to court documents. He could have faced up to life in prison if convicted of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Instead he pleaded guilty to attempted receipt of explosives, which carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. He likely will be sentenced to six months to a year and a half, Hillier said, which means he could be released as early as Dec. 5. "Mr. Revak is only 20, with no prior offenses. Most of what he did was just talk," assistant U.S. attorney Andrew Hamilton said. "We felt that he was culpable, but we had to look at all the factors and what would be the just result." © 2003 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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