Right-wing terrorism - Moore County substation attack

[05C40]

In the summer of 1969, an opossum fell into the transformer station for my hometown and shut down power for the entire town for hours. This was the same summer that the Manson Family murders took place. Coincidence? I don't think so!

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Seems that should be enough to get them designated as a terrorist organization and have federal authorities go after them aggressively.

Authorities are going after them aggressively. There have been a few arrests. Just none for the Moore county incident despite a ton of FBI attention.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

You don't think vandals destroy public infrastructure routinely?

No, I don’t.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Authorities are going after them aggressively. There have been a few arrests. Just none for the Moore county incident despite a ton of FBI attention.

You sure about that? If ISIS or AQ had cells operating in the US police wouldn’t be stopping them for misdemeanors and letting them go to avoid further escalation.

 

[Calheel]

In the summer of 1969, an opossum fell into the transformer station for my hometown and shut down power for the entire town for hours. This was the same summer that the Manson Family murders took place. Coincidence? I don't think so!

Was it a right-wing or left-wing opossum?

 

[gtyellowjacket]

You sure about that? If ISIS or AQ had cells operating in the US police wouldn’t be stopping them for misdemeanors and letting them go to avoid further escalation.

Well that's likely true but if you think they are giving right wing terrorists a slap on the wrist, I think you aren't looking hard enough.

Baltimore, Maryland (February 2023): The FBI foiled a neo-Nazi plot to attack multiple substations and transformers with the goal of causing widespread outages in Baltimore. Sarah Beth Clendaniel and Brandon Russell were arrested and charged in connection with this plot. Clendaniel was sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring to damage or destroy electrical facilities. Russell is also a founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen.

This genius faces life in prison.

Man arrested in alleged neo-Nazi-inspired plot to destroy Nashville energy facility: DOJ

Skyler Philippi allegedly planned to attack Nashville's power grid with a drone armed with explosives, the Department of Justice said Monday.

abcnews.go.com

 

[gtyellowjacket]

No, I don’t.

Billions of dollars every year.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Billions of dollars every year.

Do you have a link for that? Breaking windows, tagging bridges and setting dumpsters on fire isn’t in the same league as disabling utilities.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Do you have a link for that? Breaking windows, tagging bridges and setting dumpsters on fire isn’t in the same league as disabling utilities.

Well tagging Bridges is very much vandalizing public infrastructure.

 

[Mundial]

https://www.naseo.org/Data/Sites/1/documents/energyassurance/documents/crs-pysical-security-report.pdf

“Other attacks on substation equipment have been reported with some regularity, although most have been attributed to vandals or careless hunters.”

"Careless Hunters"? I don't think that is very likely.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

"Careless Hunters"? I don't think that is very likely.

Have you expressed your concerns to the Congressional research service or the author of the report, Dr. Paul W. Parfomak, who appears to have published articles on the subject of energy security for at least the last 15 years?

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Was it a right-wing or left-wing opossum?

Definitely commie marsupial. I don't know any good old boy that spells opossum with a silent O.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Well tagging Bridges is very much vandalizing public infrastructure.

It doesn’t affect the function of the bridge.

 

[donbosco]

https://www.naseo.org/Data/Sites/1/documents/energyassurance/documents/crs-pysical-security-report.pdf

“Other attacks on substation equipment have been reported with some regularity, although most have been attributed to vandals or careless hunters.”

Hmmm. That’s 2014.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

Hmmm. That’s 2014.

Very true.