Md. Father Told Police Of Son's Alleged Plot to Bomb Abortion Clinic

[DeepModem Mom]

WP, pg1: Md. Father Told Police Of Alleged Bomb Plot
By Eric Rich
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 10, 2006; Page A01

The father of a Prince George's County man accused of planning to bomb an abortion clinic said last night that, despite his own opposition to abortion, he felt he had no choice but to turn his son in.

"It's just something that he believed in very fervently, and in my opinion he went way over the top," Robert F. Weiler Sr. said in an interview. "We became aware of what he was doing, and we felt obligated to contact the police."

So on Sunday, more than a week after their 25-year-old son disappeared from their home and stopped returning their calls, Weiler and his wife, Catherine, called Prince George's County police to report their suspicions, he said. That tip led to their son's arrest -- but not until more than three days later. Police, he said, "sent two officers out to interview us and took our statement, and then we heard nothing back from them."

"In frustration, I contacted the FBI on Monday, and again I heard nothing back," said Weiler, 49, an administrator at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.

Weiler said it appeared to him that the investigation did not move significantly until Wednesday, when agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrived at his home in Forestville for a six-hour visit....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060901967.html

[baldguy]

1. Because bombing abortion clinic isn't terrorism.

But being a Muslim with a Bic lighter is.

[truthisfreedom]

2. someone was hoping he'd succeed, and they could arrest him afterward.

either that, or the fbi is so busy looking into citizen's library records that they don't have time to respond to bomb threats when BLOOD RELATIVES ARE WITNESSES. my god, don't they remember who identified the unibomber?

[Onlooker]

3. Good for that father

He did the right thing.

[MadMaddie]

4. What do you want to bet the father will be receiving death

threats from the pro-life crowd....they will attack anyone that gets out of line....

[Xeric]

5. Soldiers in the Army of God...

I recently watched an excellent documentary by that name. These people are sociopaths looking for an excuse to cause havoc. There are many of them with a loose knit organisation.
You can bet that there was a group of individuals egging this guy on in person and via the net.
They are terrorists.

[anitar1]

7. Years ago, pre Reagan, these people would have been

locked up in a mental facility. But because of our late , great saviour, they are running free and on killing sprees. But look at all the money governments are saving !!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. The clinic he was going to bomb is right next to a cheap gas station

that I often go to. And that gas station is right across the street from another. Damn scary.