Investigation of New Jersey Militia Continues

Good evening newsgroup members,

This afternoon the internet news service WorldNetDaily carried the 
following article on the continuing investigation into Edward Feltus and 
the New Jersey Militia. The case is the same as that of William Krar, 
who plead guilty last month to weapons charges, etc. [See my previous 
posts: New Militia Guilty Plea-- Krar of 13 November 2003, and  New 
Militia Guilty Plea-- Krar Update 1 of 15 November 2003.]

Yours,

JP

PS. Its nice to be back.

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`Feds Probe Poison-Gas Plot: Suspects Nabbed With Stockpile of Cyanide, 
Weapons Cache,` WorldNetDaily.com, 031202.

The discovery of a sodium cyanide bomb, a stockpile of components needed 
to make other chemical weapons and a cache of illegal arms has led to 
the arrests of three suspected domestic terrorists and prompted a 
nationwide hunt for possible co-conspirators who could be plotting a 
mass-casualty attack somewhere in the United States.

KTVT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, reports federal 
agents have served hundreds of subpoenas across the country in the 
counterterrorism case, which has been the subject of President Bush's 
daily intelligence briefings.

The investigation was triggered with the April arrest of a New Jersey 
man tied to the New Jersey Militia who purchased fake identification 
documents that got intercepted by federal authorities.

The documents intended for Edward Feltus, 56, of Old Bridge, N.J., 
included birth certificates from North Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia 
and phony identification cards for the Defense Intelligence Agency and 
the United Nations Multinational Force. Feltus pleaded guilty to 
possessing the documents.

The intercepted package was sent from William Krar of Tyler, Texas.

Last month, Krar, 62, pleaded guilty to possessing a dangerous chemical 
weapon. His common-law wife, 54-year-old Judith Bruey, pleaded guilty to 
conspiracy to possess illegal weapons.

The couple were arrested in May after investigators found a large 
quantity of sodium cyanide and hydrochloric, nitric and acetic acids, 
and literature detailing the use of sodium cyanide to make a chemical 
weapon in a storage unit they rented in Tyler. When mixed with sodium 
cyanide, the acids form extremely lethal cyanide gas.

Investigators also found a cache of illegal firearms in the couple's 
possession – including machine guns, an assault rifle and an 
unregistered silencer – and literature depicting white supremacist and 
militant beliefs.

KTVT reports an FBI affidavit for a search warrant notes Krar, who is 
originally from New Hampshire, was "actively involved in the militia 
movement … a good source of covert weaponry for white supremacist and 
anti-government militia groups in New Hampshire."

According to the news station, federal authorities have had their eye on 
Krar since at least 1995 when ATF agents investigated a possible plot to 
bomb government buildings. Krar was not charged.

Investigators told KTVT they suspect Krar, who has not paid taxes since 
1988, earns a living selling illicit bomb components to underground 
anti-government groups across the country. Authorities fear he may have 
manufactured more than one sodium cyanide bomb and sold them.

"One would certainly have to question why an individual would feel 
compelled to stockpile sodium cyanide, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, 
acetic acid, unless they had some bad intent,” Assistant U.S. Attorney 
Wes Rivers told KTVT.

Krar and his conspirators reportedly are not talking to investigators, 
which fuels speculation of co-conspirators and an outstanding terror plot.