Thu Jun 10, 2021, 08:08 AM

He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers.

Source: Washington Post

He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers.

For weeks this spring, 28-year-old Seth Aaron Pendley had plotted an attack on Amazon data centers in Virginia. He’d already taken a sawed-off rifle to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Now, he hoped to cripple much of the Internet and take down government networks.

Last April, he finally arranged a meeting with a man promising to provide the C4 explosive devices. When they met in Fort Worth, Tex., the man showed Pendley how to arm and detonate the powerful bombs.

But just as Pendley placed the devices into his Pontiac, federal agents swarmed in and arrested him. The bomb seller was actually an FBI plant who had helped unravel a plan Pendley believed could “kill off about 70 percent of the internet.”

On Wednesday, Pendley pleaded guilty to planning to bomb Amazon facilities in an attempt to undermine the U.S. government and to spark a rebellion against the “oligarchy” he believed to be running the country.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/10/seth-pendley-amazon-bomb-guilty/

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He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers. (Original post)	reACTIONary	Jun 10	OP
That cut rifle barrel might be the charge that really bites him on the ass. I hope it gives him ...	marble falls	Jun 10	#1
a sawed off shotgun	dweller	Jun 10	#3
Being able to swing it around in a close environment. Easier to conceal. There are a few 'good' ...	marble falls	Jun 10	#5
Worked great for Steve McQueen	OriginalGeek	Jun 10	#14
Larger scatter pattern.	colorado_ufo	Jun 10	#17
with a shotgun yes	dweller	Jun 10	#19
Sorry, I automatically read "shotgun,"	colorado_ufo	Jun 10	#27
easier to conceal	bottomofthehill	Jun 10	#28
Other articles refer to it as a "sawed off AR rifle". I presume he didn't actually take a hacksaw	Dial H For Hero	Jun 11	#37
Only marginally so. The effects of short barreled shotguns are very much exaggerated in films and	Dial H For Hero	Jun 11	#36
Sawn off shotgun	canetoad	Jun 11	#35
Patriot.	twodogsbarking	Jun 10	#2
Bringing a sawed off shot gun and bombs to a peaceful rally seems to be oxymoronic.	RicROC	Jun 10	#4
More moronic than anything though there's a good chance an Oxy addiction may well be a part of it.	marble falls	Jun 10	#6
THIS	mopinko	Jun 10	#9
He's the one they caught.	Scrivener7	Jun 10	#7
That was my first thought, too.	wnylib	Jun 10	#15
Are there MAGAt Groupies who follow these studs around?	bucolic_frolic	Jun 10	#8
Well, he's right about the oligarchy	mountain grammy	Jun 10	#10
If they have any sawed off shotgun in possesion, he is fucked	obamanut2012	Jun 10	#11
Good thing he's not a terrorist, and has no political or ideological views	IronLionZion	Jun 10	#12
He was just your typical tourist visiting the Capitol--a real patriot!	Lonestarblue	Jun 10	#13
BUt, but, but it was just an everyday touring of the capitol.	onecaliberal	Jun 10	#16
There are dozens of data centers here in Northern VA; becoming core of the economy.	lagomorph777	Jun 10	#18
Seems a weird thing for a 'tourist' to do	GregW	Jun 10	#20
We spent all that time, money, and wasted human lives worrying about foreign terrorists.	patphil	Jun 10	#21
Okay, that's kinda weird	jsabrown	Jun 10	#22
He probably thought he would hurt Jeff Bezos' bottom line.	Prof. Toru Tanaka	Jun 10	#23
Frank Zappa:	Initech	Jun 10	#24
Frank Zappa	Kittycatkat	Jun 11	#33
That is awesome!	Initech	Jun 11	#34
Oh. Some private guy.	DFW	Jun 10	#25
And the gop	seta1950	Jun 10	#26
Fine people on both sides....	Evolve Dammit	Jun 10	#29
WTF can it be that a 28-y-o so wants to screw up his, and others, life like that?	Justice matters.	Jun 10	#30
This message was self-deleted by its author	ExTex	Jun 10	#31
well, he's right about the oligarchy part	drmeow	Jun 10	#32

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Thu Jun 10, 2021, 08:14 AM

marble falls (40,702 posts)

1. That cut rifle barrel might be the charge that really bites him on the ass. I hope it gives him ...

... a solid ten years.

He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers.

1. That cut rifle barrel might be the charge that really bites him on the ass. I hope it gives him ...

3. a sawed off shotgun

5. Being able to swing it around in a close environment. Easier to conceal. There are a few 'good' ...

14. Worked great for Steve McQueen

17. Larger scatter pattern.

19. with a shotgun yes

27. Sorry, I automatically read "shotgun,"

28. easier to conceal

37. Other articles refer to it as a "sawed off AR rifle". I presume he didn't actually take a hacksaw

36. Only marginally so. The effects of short barreled shotguns are very much exaggerated in films and

35. Sawn off shotgun

2. Patriot.

4. Bringing a sawed off shot gun and bombs to a peaceful rally seems to be oxymoronic.

6. More moronic than anything though there's a good chance an Oxy addiction may well be a part of it.

9. THIS

7. He's the one they caught.

15. That was my first thought, too.

8. Are there MAGAt Groupies who follow these studs around?

10. Well, he's right about the oligarchy

11. If they have any sawed off shotgun in possesion, he is fucked

12. Good thing he's not a terrorist, and has no political or ideological views

13. He was just your typical tourist visiting the Capitol--a real patriot!

16. BUt, but, but it was just an everyday touring of the capitol.

18. There are dozens of data centers here in Northern VA; becoming core of the economy.

20. Seems a weird thing for a 'tourist' to do

21. We spent all that time, money, and wasted human lives worrying about foreign terrorists.

22. Okay, that's kinda weird

23. He probably thought he would hurt Jeff Bezos' bottom line.

24. Frank Zappa:

33. Frank Zappa

34. That is awesome!

25. Oh. Some private guy.

26. And the gop

29. Fine people on both sides....

30. WTF can it be that a 28-y-o so wants to screw up his, and others, life like that?

32. well, he's right about the oligarchy part