njslim
11th March 2008, 07:44 PM
Article below outlines collapse of many domestic radical groups in wake
of 9/11. One of them, Norman "Dave" Somerville spouts the usual "truther"
stuff - from his prison cell where he is serving 80 months for possession of
illegal weapons.
Norman "Dave" Somerville, tied to a militia in northern Michigan, armed himself at a small compound with machine guns and ammunition after the attacks. The former Special Forces veteran kept photos of President Bush and then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld with rifle-scope cross hairs on their faces.
In fall 2003, authorities arrested him on weapons charges. He is serving an 80-month sentence at a federal prison medical center in Kentucky and will be 55 by the time he gets out. His job is washing dishes. "Prison sucks," he lamented.
In an interview, he insisted his only crime was not registering his firearms, and he alleged that the government had used Sept. 11 to create public distrust of Americans who challenged authority. It is a common complaint among anti-government conspiracy theorists.
"When it happened, we thought the world was coming to an end. But it was a fraud," he said. "I've seen demolition jobs and how buildings come down. And there's no way those buildings came down without extra explosives. It was done for purposes of greed, for helping the Jews, for for taking over the oil."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-terror11mar11,1,5045470.story
of 9/11. One of them, Norman "Dave" Somerville spouts the usual "truther"
stuff - from his prison cell where he is serving 80 months for possession of
illegal weapons.
Norman "Dave" Somerville, tied to a militia in northern Michigan, armed himself at a small compound with machine guns and ammunition after the attacks. The former Special Forces veteran kept photos of President Bush and then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld with rifle-scope cross hairs on their faces.
In fall 2003, authorities arrested him on weapons charges. He is serving an 80-month sentence at a federal prison medical center in Kentucky and will be 55 by the time he gets out. His job is washing dishes. "Prison sucks," he lamented.
In an interview, he insisted his only crime was not registering his firearms, and he alleged that the government had used Sept. 11 to create public distrust of Americans who challenged authority. It is a common complaint among anti-government conspiracy theorists.
"When it happened, we thought the world was coming to an end. But it was a fraud," he said. "I've seen demolition jobs and how buildings come down. And there's no way those buildings came down without extra explosives. It was done for purposes of greed, for helping the Jews, for for taking over the oil."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-terror11mar11,1,5045470.story